held up towards rear, headway between horses well over 1f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, every chance until no extra in closing stages
chased leaders, headway on inside to 3rd going well 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, stayed on
slowly into stride, held up and always towards rear, neve ron terms
held up in touch, headway to chase leaders halfway, ridden and hung left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
soon led, ridden and hung left over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner final 100 yards, stayed on
soon pushed along towards rear, headway on inside well over 1f out, challenging when struck on face by rival whip inside final furlong, ran on to lead final 100 yards
chased leaders, lost place halfway, behind and no chance after
chasing leaders when short of room on inside on 1st turn, took keen hold and settled in touch, ridden on outside over 2f out, edged left and stayed on inside final furlong
chased leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
started slowly, behind, headway on wide outside 5f out, pushed along in 3rd over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Nonrunner
DELIGHTFUL SLEEP finished third over track and trip on Saturday behind Idol Deputy, who runs in the previous race. This is much less competitive and David Evans' charge gets the vote. He'd earlier beaten Penbryn at this track while Final Delivery beat Just Five with Justcallmehandsome a long way behind when scoring here last month. The latter makes more appeal than Matraash, runner-up in a claimer recently, but the lightly-raced Deal Me In maybe capable of better.
Delightful Sleep 5-1 (8-7) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Idol Deputy (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Matraash (USA) 33-1 (9-12) Led, soon clear, headed inside final furlong, no extra, just held on for 2nd place near finish, 2nd of 4, 2 3/4l behind Classic Colori (10-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f clm stks (6) pol.
Elijah Pepper (USA) 25-1 (8-9) Always behind, 9th of 10, 12l behind Goldstorm (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Penbryn (USA) 7-2fav (9-6) Chased leaders, led inside final furlong, soon headed and stayed on same pace, lost 2nd post, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Delightful Sleep (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Zenafire 6-1 (9-2) Held up in mid-division, headway 3f out, soon switched right chased leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead 2f out, headed inside final furlong, soon lost 2nd, lost 3rd final strides, 4th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Ensnare (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Nov.
Final Delivery 11-2 (9-7) Keen in rear, headway when bumped over 1f out, soon led, edged left and ran on inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-52 (6) pol in Mar beating Just Five (9-0) by 2l, 9 ran.
Son Vida (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Tracked winner until halfway, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 14, 18l behind Ace Of Spies (9-0) at Southwell 7f app hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Nov.
One Of Twins 20-1 (8-7) Chased leaders in 3rd, reminders before 3f out, soon weakened, 10th of 11, 11l behind Ace Master (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f hacp 0-70 (5) pol.
Chik's Dream 11-2 (8-7) Tracked leaders, driven to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Apache Glory (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Mar.
Justcallmehandsome 12-1 (8-8) Slowly away raced wide in rear, never on terms, 7th of 9, 10l behind Final Delivery (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-52 (6) pol in Mar.
Deal Me In (IRE) 40-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, driven over 3f out, ridden inside final 2f, kept on same pace, never on terms, 4th of 6, 4l behind On With The Dance (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Mar.
Media Jury 20-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear and keen, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Larghetto (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Just Five (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Downtown Boy (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f app hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
