tracked leaders, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, mistake 7th, weakened quickly, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
led to 3rd, led again after 5th, ridden when jumped right 3 out, headed 2 out, rallied to lead flat, stayed on
in touch, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
held up, headway after 7th, weakened approaching 3 out
behind, ridden and headway 3 out, went poor 3rd last, no extra towards finish
prominent and keen, led 3rd until after 5th, weakened after next, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
held up, headway after 7th, ridden to lead and hit 2 out, headed and no extra flat
always behind, tailed off and pulled up before 7th
mid-division, headway 6th, ridden and every chance approaching 3 out, weakened quickly
A few familiar names and faces can be led home by Majlis, who already holds Mantles Prince on this season's form, so may have the most to fear from the unexposed Soviet Joy, who can only benefit from what will be only his second start under rules. The four-year-old showed plenty of promise when chasing home a typically well-placed Martin Pipe-trained runner at Leicester and, with improvement anticipated, he can play a leading role again here. Tensile was useful on his day when with Phillip Hobbs, so is worth monitoring in the betting market, while Talarive has claims over this trip but is hard to win with, so is left alone for win only purposes today. Which brings us back to Majlis, who, having already paid his way this season, has fewer questions to answer than most of the rest and is the one they will all have to get past if this goes to form.
