held up in touch, headway on outside over 2f out, soon ridden, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on and effort over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
led, headed when ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, lost place 2f out, switched left and ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, no impression
held up in touch in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leaders, outpaced 3f out, headway under pressure 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, no extra in 3rd inside final furlong
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Nonrunner
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN is far from straightforward to assess and possibly far from straightforward in temperament too. All starts to date have come in maiden company, a first success arriving last time in a poor Wolverhampton contest in April. His quirks are a concern but he's arguably also the only one open to real future improvement and has been allocated a feasible mark for this handicap debut. He's a risk worth taking. Solo Hunter is an obvious threat, having stepped up on each of his three runs since joining Martyn Meade and impressed with a decisive all-the-way success at Leicester over a mile latest. However, none of his three career successes have been over this far, hence the narrow preference for the Lanigan inmate. Lucky Henry has been off since August 2013 but does have some fair form to his name and he would be worthy of consideration if the market speaks positively of his chance after such a break.
Mubtadi 9-4fav (9-5) Held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Puzzle Time (9-0) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Feb.
Solo Hunter 10-1 (9-4) Made all, driven when challenged over 2f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, won at Leicester 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Apr beating Euroquip Boy (8-4) by 5l, 10 ran.
Lucky Henry 10-1 (9-13) Chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 14, 11l behind Opera Box (9-13) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug '13.
Meetings Man (IRE) 14-1 (9-2) Took keen hold tracking leading trio, pushed along 4f out, soon weakened, tailed off, last of 6, 50l behind Curbyourenthusiasm (8-9) at Windsor 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Automated 8-1 (9-7) Chased clear leader until pushed laong 3f out, weakened rapidly over 2f out, virtually pulled up well over 1f out, last of 12, 30l behind Early Morning (9-4) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Apr.
Craftsmanship (FR) 8-1 (9-11) Held up in last pair, headway towards inside over 3f out, ridden and looked held when bumped over 2f out, soon one pace, plugged on same pace inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Shahdaroba (10-0) at Nottingham 1m hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
Ocean Applause 16-1 (8-7) In touch, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 12l behind Amood (8-10) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gd.
Starwatch 33-1 (9-3) Tracked leader until over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 9, 8l behind Donncha (9-2) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-95 (3) gd.
Rembrandt Van Rijn (IRE) 1-2fav (9-12) Tracked leaders in 3rd, went 2nd over 2f out, led over 1f out, shaken up towards finish, kept on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) in Apr beating Monasada (7-13) by 1/2l, 4 ran.
Uncle Dermot (IRE) 20-1 (9-5) Prominent, ridden over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, well beaten from over 1f out, 9th of 10, 25l behind Altharoos (9-5) at Beverley 1m hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
