held up, dropped to rear halfway, soon lost touch, tailed when eased over 1f out
made all, pushed along, in command final 2f
chased winner to well over 3f out, weakened over 2f, eased when no chance final furlong
refused to race
held up, headway under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up in rear, steady headway from halfway, chased winner well over 3f out, hard driven and no impression final 2f, kept on well for clear 2nd
chased leaders, driven along, stayed on same pace final 2f
held up in rear, effort and driven over 2f out, never reached leaders, weakened final furlong
held up in touch, pushed along 4f out, effort under pressure over 2f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened quickly 2f out
in touch 6f, tailed off, eased when no chance final furlong
Dandy Nicholls has plundered a couple of these events in recent weeks and looks set to take another here with Scotty's Future, stablemate Eton and Michael Bell's Barking Mad look to be the main dangers. Scotty's Future is not the force of old but has managed to win a couple of weak events on the all-weather this winter. If he can recapture his turf form of last year, which included a second in a class B handicap at York, he should be in the shake up here. Eton holds his form well and must be considered after chasing home Platinum Charger in a similar event to this at Catterick last time out. Barking Mad is well in here on official ratings but does have to be forgiven a poor run last time. Morahib has had his training problems, but is another to consider following a promising seasonal debut at Yarmouth. Once again a tricky contest to work out, but Scotty's Future has the ability to go very close indeed.
