broke well, in touch, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong
behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, never reached leaders
mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
led, ridden over 1f out, headed and not quicken well inside final furlong
bumped at start, always behind
soon chasing leader, ridden and hung left from over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and edged right 2f out, weakened final furlong
always towards rear
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
not much room soon after start, pulled hard and soon in touch, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong
switched left start, always behind
mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong
Undeterred goes from strength to strength and can defy top-weight here, Turibius and Extremely Rare could be the main rivals. David Barron's nine-year-old has landed three on the bounce, the pick of which was a handicap at Hamilton when easily beating some seasoned performers. He still appears to be on a fair mark and will take some stopping this afternoon. Extremely Rare comes here following an excellent victory in a classified race at Bath last time. He has won handicaps off higher marks and looks a major threat to all. Turibius had shown very little before comfortably beating the in form Parkside Pursuit at Brighton. If that wasn't a flash in the pan he should be involved in the finish today. Coranglais is a consistent performer in this type of event and may do best of the others, but Undeterred is hard to ignore in his present mood and gets our vote.
Undeterred 2-1fav (9-9) In touch on outside, headway 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Catterick 6f stk 0-70 (5) gf beating Compton Plume (9-3) by 1l, 6 ran.
Musical Fair 5-1 (9-1) Behind and pushed along, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 6th of 11, 4l behind Pivotal's Princess (8-8) at Doncaster 5f fll hcp (4) gf in Jun.