close up in 4th, ridden and headway entering final furlong, led inside final furlong, ran on
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
went left start, tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, went 2nd close home
led, reminders halfway, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd close home
G FOR GABRIAL won over track and trip in January and scored again in an apprentices’ race at Pontefract last week. Richard Fahey’s grey escapes a penalty for that success and can take advantage. International Law has been in good form over shorter trips here though has won over this far in the past and is preferred to Termonator while Lopes Dancer won at Newcastle earlier and is 4lb higher today.
Lopes Dancer (IRE) 14-1 (10-0) Dwelt in touch, ridden and weakened 2f out, 8th of 10, 22 1/4l behind Wise Eagle (9-2) at Newcastle 2m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
International Law 6-1 (9-7) Chased leaders on inside, ridden to challenge over 1f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Pope Gregory (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Termonator 7-2 (9-4) Tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, held over 1f out, kept on final 100 yards, 6th of 9, 2 1/4l behind Pope Gregory (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
G For Gabrial (IRE) 10-1 (8-9) Prominent, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, strongly pressed close home, just held on, won at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Apr beating Warne's Army (9-11) by hd, 8 ran.