held up, ridden 7f out, headway on inside 3f out, one paced final 2f
chased leaders, ridden 7f out, weakened 5f out
held up, headway 6f out, ridden to chase winner over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
prominent after 3f, led over 3f out, ridden out
prominent, dropped rear after 3f, well behind final 6f
slowly into stride, held up, headway 8f out, ridden 7f out, soon struggling
always prominent, led over 4f out, ridden and headed over 3f out, soon outpaced, stayed on again inside final furlong
led for 1f, in touch, ridden 7f out, weakened over 4f out
soon with leader, led over 5f out until over 4f out, weakened 3f out
led after 1f, ridden and headed over 5f out, weakened over 3f out
Cedar Grove is just fancied to take advantage of a very low mark, with recent scorer Royal Castle an obvious threat and Eagles Landing another to merit consideration. The selection put up a much-improved display when third in a Southwell claimer in March and John Harris' gelding showed that was no fluke when going one place better in a similar race at Musselburgh last time. Dean McKeown clearly gets on well with the horse and he is fancied to go one better here. Royal Castle ran a stinker over hurdles recently, but had earlier battled gamely to win on the flat at Nottingham. He stays well and handles this surface so rates as an obvious danger. Eagles Landing put up a miserable effort over two miles here last time, but prior to that was third off this mark over course and distance, and would have place claims at least if back to that form.
