behind, hard ridden 2f out, one pace and never reached leaders
pulled hard, chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened and behind final 2f
held up in rear, headway and weaved through between horses over 1f out, pushed along and ran on to lead well inside final furlong
chased leaders until weakened over 2f out
led until narrowly headed 3f out, stayed chasing leaders and every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong
raced wide in mid-division, every chance over 2f out, soon weakened under pressure
pulled hard in mid-division, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, behind, hampered 6f out, never dangerous
took keen hold early, always behind
mid-division until weakened 3f out
slowly into stride, behind, pushed along 4f out, not clear run and snatched up 3f out, good headway entering final furlong, stayed on well towards finish, not reach leaders
held up in rear, steady headway from 4f out, ridden to lead 1f out, kept on until headed and not pace of winner well inside final furlong
chased leaders, hard ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leader, led 3f out, narrowly headed 1f out, driven and every chance final furlong until no extra towards finish
This is a very open classified event and we will take a chance on Leoballero, with Serieux, Lasanga and Krugerrand put forward as the dangers. Compared with most of these the selection is quite unexposed and has put up two decent efforts in defeat this season. The most recent was at Leicester when a close up fifth behind Pintle, with more improvement expected he could prove difficult to beat. Serieux has been rated in the hundreds so has to be in with a squeak here after taking on much better opposition in handicaps. Lasanga ran well to finish second to the Michael Stoute trained Fremen here recently and as this was only his second run in more than eight months, there could be further improvement in him. Krugerrand was an excellent second behind Opening Ceremony at Doncaster last time, and could go well if he can avoid trouble when making his customary late run. So all in all a very competitive affair and Leoballero is a sporting choice.