held up in touch, chased winner final 2f, every chance 1f out, no extra close home
held up in touch, chased leaders 3f out, every chance well over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up towards rear, some headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong, nearest at finish
tracked leader, led over 3f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, driven out near finish
held up behind, hard ridden over 4f out, no headway from over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders until ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
held up in touch, hard ridden and weakened 2f out, eased final furlong
held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 3f out, every chance 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out and eased
held up towards rear, some headway final 2f but never dangerous
pulled hard in mid-division, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
held up, chased leaders over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up behind, never troubled leaders
held up towards rear, some headway into mid-division, halfway, no impression final 2f
slowly into stride, in rear, staying on and badly hampered over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest at finish
led until headed over 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, slightly hampered on rail over 4f out, stayed on from 2f out, ran on inside final furlong
Luca Cumani supplies the surprise packet here with Houston Park who showed improvement towards the end of last term to land two minor events in Italy on soft ground and may be well handicapped on his return. However, his previous form in faster conditions was uninspiring and he may again find the ground too lively under his inexperienced pilot. Kieren Fallon renews his partnership with Native Title on whom he steered to a Newbury maiden victory last June. Michael Blanshard's charge is well treated and should come on for a recent return at Leicester while Bible Box is relatively lightly raced and is open to further improvement this season. Bold Raider won a similar heat over course and distance last June but is now 9lb higher and may struggle under a hefty burden on his seasonal reappearance. In a difficult race, preference is for Laggan Minstrel who showed generally progressive form last year, winning handicaps at Salisbury and Lingfield and should show the benefit of his staying-on fourth over seven furlongs at Kempton last week.