chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders on rail, led over 1f out, driven and ran on well
bumped start, in touch, outpaced halfway, no chance after
held up in rear, headway 2f out, ran on inside final furlong to take 2nd last stride
led, ridden and hung left from 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong, lost 2nd last stride
chased leader for 3f
went right start, held up, effort on outside over 2f out, never reached leaders
hampered start, behind, effort on wide outside over 2f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong
We finish with a very tricky handicap that may fall to Blessed Place, endless Summer and Chinalea are also expected to run well. The selection returned to winning ways at Wolverhampton last time, comfortably beating Mind Alert over the six furlong trip. He wasn't winning out of turn as he had been showing plenty of ability before that on the turf. He still looks on a decent mark and a big run is expected. The old timer Endless Summer also regained the winning thread last time when just getting the better of Henry Hall. The five pound claimer will certainly help this one in his double bid. Meanwhile Chinalea is a consistent performer and ran another solid race when third to Hello Roberto at Salisbury last time. He should go well despite top-weight. Bahamian Ballet is another to consider for each-way purposes, but our idea of the winner is Blessed Place.
Chinalea (IRE) 5-1jt-fav (9-3) In touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on well final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Hello Roberto (8-13) at Salisbury 5f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Jun.
Bahamian Ballet 20-1 (9-7) Chased leaders stands' side, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 18th of 19, 17l behind Blue Tomato (9-8) at Newcastle 6f hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Jun.
Silver Prelude 9-1 (9-11) Steadied start, held up, effort 2f out, ridden, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Star Duster (9-4) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Jun.
Endless Summer 11-2fav (9-1) Behind, ridden over 2f out, headway final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish, won at Haydock 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gf beating Henry Hall (9-11) by 1/2l, 16 ran.
Blessed Place 4-1fav (9-0) Soon led, edged right over 1f out, driven out, won at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating Mind Alert (8-13) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
Dancing Mystery 8-1 (9-4) In touch and keen, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 8l behind Misaro (9-5) at Lingfield 5f hcap (5) gf in Jun.
Extremely Rare (IRE) 12-1 (9-10) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 8th of 16, 3l behind Safranine (8-5) at Warwick 5f fll hcp (5) gd.
Gwilym (GER) 7-1 (9-5) Led, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Musical Romance (9-7) at Windsor 5f 3yo hcp (5) gf.