held up, headway 7th, ridden 9th, weakened quickly and pulled up before 3 out
mid-division, ridden 7th, headway approaching 9th, led approaching 3 out, drew clear approaching last, comfortably
held up in rear, ridden approaching 7th, some late headway, never dangerous
in touch until fell 7th
led until approaching 1st, stayed prominent, ridden and outpaced approaching 3 out, stayed approaching 2 out, no impression on leaders when mistake last
mid-division, hit 6th, headway next, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
prominent, lost place 5th, hampered 7th, lost approaching 3 out, tailed off when pulled up flat, dismounted
always towards rear, not fluent 3rd, reminder after next, lost touch approaching 8th, tailed off and pulled up before 3 out
mid-division, mistake 2nd, headway approaching 9th, ridden and every chance 3 out, no impression on winner from next
mid-division, effort 9th, stayed on same pace from 2 out
keen and led 1st, headed 4th, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out, behind when pulled up before 2 out
prominent, led 4th, headed approaching 3 out, weakened next
held up, headway 9th, ridden approaching 3 out, stayed on same pace
always behind
prominent and keen early, ridden and weakened after 9th
Some disappointing sorts line up here and it is more in hope than optimism that we plump for All Honey to oblige over Southerncrosspatch, Princess Claudia and Fountain Bank. All Honey does at least have winning form this season, the mare dropping back to the minimum trip to oblige here in May. It was a moderate contest and there is no guarantee that she will repeat the feat over this longer trip. However, the race is so weak that she must be a leading fancy and is selected ahead of the rest, the best of whom could be Princess Claudia who did not run too badly at Stratford on Friday night. If over those exertions she can make the frame along with Southercrosspatch who is a light of former days but a reproduction of any of his old form would actually be enough to win this. At the age of 12 though, there is no improvement to come and unless Theicecreamman can suddenly find more than he has shown, All Honey can prove the best of a bad bunch.