held up, ridden and some headway on inside over 4f out, behind final 3f
in touch, headway on inside over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
always prominent, chased winner 6f out, soon ridden, no impression from over 2f out, held on for 2nd inside final furlong
always behind, tailed off final 4f out
held up and keen, headway 7f out, ridden over 3f out, no impression final 2f out
behind, never dangerous
held up, effort 7f out, ridden and weakened quickly 5f out, tailed off
in touch, ridden and headway 4f out, weakened well over 1f out
A tough handicap to round off Saturday's racing and Claptrap is given the slenderest of votes to get the better of Lazzaz, Burley Firebrand and Joely Green - who are hard to split as the main dangers. However, Claptrap, who goes well at this track, has proved himself over this sort of trip of late and is interesting back on a very lenient mark. The son of Royal Applause was frustrating to follow when he was tried over sprint distances but his connections now appear to have found the key to him. A bold show this evening will enhance his claims as one to follow on the artificial surfaces this winter. Joely Green has plenty on at the weights so the consistent front runner Lazzaz is taken as the biggest danger.