slowly into stride, outpaced
soon outpaced
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out
with leaders, led over 3f out, ridden 1f out, headed close home
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
led after 1f to over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
led 1f, with leaders, every chance of 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on towards finish
in touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, ran on to lead close home
soon chasing leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
broke well, lost place after 1f, soon behind
mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
Withdrawn
With Andrew Balding's stable in good form now Sun Bian has to be respected but the form of his latest start here over seven furlongs does not look good enough and preference is for Meikle Barfil, with Bowness rated the best of the remainder. The selection was well held on his Redcar debut but stepped up on that when fifth of 15 in a Newbury maiden last time and a reproduction of that effort may suffice. Rae Guest's Cape Cross filly Go Like The Wind looks the pick of the newcomers and would not need to be out of the ordinary to take a hand here, while Chillin Out is probably better than he showed in two starts at two. Bowness showed plenty of promise on his debut at Haydock earlier this month and obviously warrants respect but Meikle Barfil sets a decent standard and gets the vote.
Expulsion (USA) 66-1 (9-5) Dwelt, soon prominent, switched left 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon behind, last of 8, 35l behind Bon Bon (8-9) at Beverley 7f mdn fll (5) gf.
Runaway Ruby 100-1 (9-2) Pulled hard, prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 9, 21l behind Akimbo (9-7) at Yarmouth 7f mdn stk (5) gf.
Chillin Out 25-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, ridden halfway, some headway 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 13l behind Physical (9-0) at Lingfield 6f 2yo mdn (D3) pol in Nov.
Meikle Barfil 33-1 (8-7) Keen hold, tracked leaders, until weakened over 1f out, 5th of 15, 5l behind El Rey Del Mambo (9-0) at Newbury 6f 3yo mdn (5) gf.
Raul Sahara Won at Singapore 1m 3f Cond Stakes in Nov beating Cyril (8-0) by a , 16 ran.
Summer Force Tina's Pet colt out of a moderate racemare.
Sun Bian 20-1 (9-0) Disputed lead over 1f, chased clear leaders, ridden and every chance when edged right inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Fullandby (9-0) at W'hampton 7f 3yo mdn aut (6) pol.
Bodiam (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, always behind, tailed off, last of 12, 33l behind Every Note Counts (9-0) at W'hampton 7f 2yo mdn (D) fbs in Dec '02.