held up in touch on outside, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, kept on to chase clear winner over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2 out, one pace
held up, headway on inside 3f out, not clear run over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd well inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
held up in touch, ridden 7f out, tailed off 5f out, virtually pulled up
held up, closer order 6f out, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, soon weakened and eased
towards rear, smooth headway on outside to lead over 2f out, soon clear, eased near finish
held up, keen, ridden over 3f out, soon tailed off, virtually pulled up towards finish
held up, driven 7f out, reminders over 5f out, tailed off over 4f out
Nonrunner
Black Falcon is the pick of this bunch with Allez Frank and York Cliff the alternatives. John Harris' Southwell specialist would be a very warm order were this at the Nottinghamshire track but he can handle this track and while handicaps appear out for him these days, he is a consistent enough sort at this level. Allez Frank had form over middle distances in Germany before taking to the National Hunt game. The market will tell us what to anticipate. York Cliff won readily in claiming grade over course-and-distance. He appears to get on well with Eddie Ahern and can make his presence felt. Musango is not particularly obvious as selections go although Tim Vaughan has saddled plenty of winners over the last fortnight. Mighty Kitchener is probably better over further and he showed little to write home about on his most recent start. Saameq makes his first return to the racecourse for almost a year. Weet For Ever is a long standing maiden. The admirable Mi Odds has had a sizeable break off from racing and today will arguably decide whether he goes to enjoy a long retirement or not with his trainer. The remainder appear decidedly difficult to enthuse about. A race strong on numbers but light on likely winners and we are with Black Falcon.
Allez Frank (GER) (8-9) Won at Neuss 1m 3f stk in Feb beating Saint Jean (9-2) by 8l, 7 ran.
Black Falcon (IRE) 10-3fav (10-0) Mid-division, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened, 9th of 13, well behind Swords (8-3) at Southwell 1m 4f hcap (6) fbs in Jul.
York Cliff 8-1 (8-11) Held up, ridden and lost place over 3f out, 7th of 8, 23l behind Alonso de Guzman (9-10) at Haydock 1m 6f app hcp (5) gs.
Adalar (IRE) 33-1 (8-3) Chased leaders over 5f, 11th of 15, 26l behind Leptis Magna (8-11) at Yarmouth 1m sll hcp (6) gd.
Mighty Kitchener (USA) 25-1 (8-11) Held up in touch, ridden 3f out, went 4th over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 11l behind Chiff Chaff (8-9) at Yarmouth 2m hcap (6) gf in Jul.
Mi Odds 40-1 (8-12) Always behind, 8th of 9, 50l behind Global Traffic (9-1) at Southwell 1m 4f clm (6) fbs in Feb.
Musango 33-1 (9-6) Behind, headway far rail over 2f out, effort over 1f out, kept on, not reach leaders, 7th of 13, 3l behind The Composer (9-4) at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Jul.
Saameq (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Towards rear, good headway over 3f out to chase leaders, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 12, 9l behind Royal Melbourne (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcap (6) pol in Sept.
Weet For Ever (USA) 28-1 (9-10) Dwelt, always rear division, 12th of 15, 19l behind Don Pasquale (9-5) at Beverley 1m 2f ldy rds hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Lady Lorins 33-1 (8-9) Chased leader, driven 3f out, weakened inside final 2f, 5th of 10, 7l behind Rankayo Hitam (9-5) at Lingfield 1m clm (6) pol in Jul.
Almowj 66-1 (8-9) Mid-division and keen, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 13, 17l behind It's No Problem (8-0) at Chepstow 1m 2f clm (6) gd in May.
Lassie Goes West (IRE) 66-1 (8-4) Mid-division until weakened over 2f out, 11th of 16, 11l behind Ambrose Princess (8-6) at Chepstow 7f 3yo sll (6) gf in Jul.
