with leaders, edged left and led over 1f out, driven out
always towards rear
slowly into stride, always behind
held up, ridden over 2f out, ran on final furlong, never nearer
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, ridden 3f out, headway and not much room over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong
in touch, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace
in touch, ridden 3f out, stayed on final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, behind, kept on final furlong, never dangerous
with leaders, ridden when hung left and led briefly over 1f out, one pace final furlong
with leaders to halfway, weakening when not much room 1f out
Davids Mark can beat Malahide Express and White Ledger, with Desert Light and Harrison's Flyer also to be considered. Davids Mark relished the fast conditions when scoring at Windsor in August, and as he appears not badly treated and has won on this type of surface in the past, has the credentials to return to the winner's enclosure. Since that victory he has been beaten at Pontefract where the uphill finish seemed to find him out, and he may not have acted on Chepstow's undulating surface next time. He looks set to pay a major role here and gets the nod over Malahide Express who does not win too often, but made a bold bid to make all at Beverley last month. He too is not badly handicapped and should be in the shake-up. White Ledger picked up a couple of wins earlier in the season and hails from a yard that has had its best season so far, and makes slightly more appeal than stablemate Harrison's Flyer who has a penalty to overcome. Desert Light has been going close lately so also enters calculations, but for the winner we return to Davids Mark.