led, hit 9th. soon ridden and headed, no chance with winner from 3 out
prominent, struggling and lost place 8th, plugged on from 3 out, mistake 2 out
chased leader not fluent 2nd, ridden 9th, weakened 3 out, no chance when mistake next
prominent ridden after 7th, weakened next, tailed off
in touch not fluent 3rd, headway 6th, led going well after 9th, clear 3 out, easily
held up pushed along after 6th, soon weakened, tailed off.
always behind, ridden 7th, tailed off
held up not fluent 5th, behind from 7th
The seller can go to York Rite, with a number of the others looking set to fight out the places. The selection is lightly raced but has won two of his last three races, the latest coming six days ago when stepped up to three miles and wearing cheekpieces for the first time. Even though he drops back half-a-mile today, he can win for trainer Richard Guest. Martin Pipe's Better Moment comes here on the back of of a win in a Southwell seller, but has never won over as far as today's trip. San Marco won on the all-weather at Lingfield in January and has to be considered. The beautifully-bred Hypothesis cost 130,000gns as a yearling but comes here on the back of some point-to-point runs. Beasley was staying on at Sedgefield in a seller last time and might improve for the step up in trip, while Astronaut also has the odd bit of form. Overall, though, we'll stick with York Rite.
