made all, ridden over 2f out, ran on
prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, keen, soon chasing leaders, went 2nd over 4f out, ridden 3f out, hung left over 1f out, one pace final furlong
held up, ridden and some headway over 2f out, took poor 3rd inside final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out
always towards rear
always behind
behind from halfway
Nonrunner
Tip Toes hails from a stable popping up with the odd winner, and he can land this handicap from Mr Kalandi and Fransiscan. The selection rarely runs a bad race and put up another stout display last time when finishing fourth behind some much higher rated performers. Back in handicap company very well treated and looks the one to be on. Fransiscan is trained by Pat Haslam who continues in great form. This son of Fraam was fifth in a selling nursery at Beverley in August and doesn't look overburdened on his all-weather debut. Mr Kalandi appears to be best of the others having put in an improved performance last time when finishing third to Transvestite at Wolverhampton. It is a very tricky contest to assess, but Tip Toes is one of the more consistent performers in the field and gets the vote.