driven along and reminders after start to go prominent, weakened and lost place quickly 4f out, tailed off (wore cheek pieces)
behind, no real headway final 3f
mid-division until no extra over 2f out
prominent until weakened quickly over 2f out
held up, ridden and headway 3f out, styg on chase leading pair when not much room on inside rail and snatched up inside final furlong, not recover
in touch until weakened well over 2f out
mid-division, ridden along and beaten 3f out
always towards rear, ridden and struggling over 4f out, tailed off
towards rear and struggling final 3f, tailed off
prominent, slipped bend 5f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, not quicken final furlong
close up, ridden and one-paced from over 1f out
in touch, ridden along halfway, weakened and lost over 3f out, tailed off (wore cheek pieces)
behind, headway in to mid-division, weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear, good headway 4f out, every chance final furlong, driven, not quicken and always held
made most, taken to join far side group 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up and behind, good headway 4f out, led over 2f out, driven and edged left under pressure final furlong, held on well
Recent course winner Castleshane is sure to have his followers, but he had an easy lead here last Monday and he is sure to have others trying to take him on here. Bonaguil has been disappointing this year, but if there is sufficient rain he could well come into the reckoning. Burgundy cannot be left out of calculations, neither can Miss Pitz, despite her below par effort at Warwick. She may have found that effort coming too soon after her victory the previous day at Ayr. Freshened up since then, it would come as no surprise if she bounced back to form, but the vote goes to the enigmatic Celtic Ballet, who has more ability than she has cared to show this term. This sharp, turning track, should be ideal to keep her interested and she is taken to gain an overdue success.
