pulled hard, always prominent, led over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, driven out
held up in touch, switched left over 1f out, chased winner final furlong, edged right and no impression towards finish
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace
held up towards rear, ridden and hung left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer
prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
mid-division, took keen hold, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
Nonrunner
A good end to the card in which a chance is taken on MR RAINBOW bouncing back to form, in the process accounting for Ocean Legend and Seasider. Alan Swinbank has his runners in good form which makes our selection's abhorrent display last time hard to understand. That was over a mile at Redcar on soft ground after he'd took a very good second on his handicap debut over seven, but so poor was the run that the trip cannot be blamed. Even so, returning to seven furlongs, the distance of his best two efforts, is certainly a positive and it can pay to forgive this unexposed sort one bad run. Ocean Legend has been in great form of late for Tony Carroll and should again go well. He ran a good race over course and distance two starts ago before finding a well handicapped rival too strong last time; this is arguably easier and he's only narrowly opposed owing to the 3lb rise afforded him. Seasider has taken the step up from plating class races to handicap company in his stride and seems to go well for Laura Pike. He ran well when a close second to a well-treated type at Leicester on Saturday and takes his racing well. Buxton struggled from this mark, 7lbs higher than the one he won from prior to that, when fifth last time. That run suggested the handicapper may have him for now and he's taken on along with Fol Liam who is fairly treated on his last win at Wolverhampton, but any softening of the ground would be against him. Headache is up 5lbs following a decisive win last time but he's yet to win on turf so a bigger threat may be Lochan Mor, who can be forgiven a poor Fibresand debut last time. This is a good way to end the card and a chance is taken on Mr Rainbow.
Mr Rainbow 7-4fav (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden well over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out and eased over 1f out, 9th of 12, 11l behind Exit Smiling (9-1) at Redcar 1m hcp 0-85 (4) sft in Apr.
Ocean Legend (IRE) 11-4fav (8-3) Pulled hard, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed final strides, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Coasting (9-4) at Newmarket 7f hcp 0-95 (3) gf in May.
Lochan Mor 6-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, chased leaders,lost place after 2f, soon detatched, eased over 1f out, last of 12, 46l behind Trans Sonic (8-8) at Southwell 7f hcp (0-90) (3) fbs in May.
Dingaan (IRE) 8-1 (9-4) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 9th of 10, 9l behind Play It Sam (9-2) at Newbury 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gf in May.
Buxton 6-1 (9-6) Awkward start, held up in rear, headway when not clear run over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 5th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Aegean Shadow (9-4) at Brighton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Headache 4-1 (8-8) Led briefly over 6f out, tracked leaders, ridden to lead again 1f out, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in May beating Chief Red Cloud (9-3) by 1 3/4l, 12 ran.
Fol Liam 4-1 (9-8) Mid-division-headway to 4th over 2f out, stayed on to 2nd final 120 yards, no impression on winner and dropped to 3rd final 75 yards, 3rd of 12, 1 3/4l behind Hinton Admiral (9-7) at Lingfield 7f sell stks (6) pol.
Seasider 9-1 (9-6) Dwelt, held up, headway 2f out, edged right and chased winner inside final furlong, not quicken near finish, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Flowing Cape (9-4) at Leicester 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gf.
