prominent and keen, lost place 4f out
hung right, held up in touch and keen, lost place 3f out, hung right from over 2f out, stayed on
led, ridden and headed 2f out, one pace
slowly into stride, headway over 3f out, kept on
slowly into stride, in rear, steady headway over 3f out, edging left and staying on to chase winner close home
steadied start, in rear and keen, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, faded
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, headway over 3f out, led 2f out, kept on well
soon in touch, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, tracked leaders, weakened 2f out
slowly into stride, in rear, headway 5f out, ridden 3f out and soon weakened
From a shortlist containing High Arctic, John Charles and Bazelle, we will side with High Arctic. Third to Emerald Bay at Haydock when last seen in June, High Arctic has been contesting better races than this, in general, thus far and, if straight after his break, holds good claims here. It is interesting to see David Elsworth running John Charles here, and he should be noted in the betting, while King Forever ran quite well at Newbury in April, but seems to have regressed, and a return to the promise of his Nottingham debut run would give Colinca's Lad a chance, but his last two runs have been shocking. Scamperdale's fourth to Mohafazaat at Lingfield last time affords him a slight chance (Monteleone was further behind there), while Townsville showed some improvement at Lingfield last time, and Bazelle, placed four times in nine starts on Turf and running to a mark in the high-70s in the process, has to be high on the list of ones to consider. Danse Spectre cost 100,000 euros and, while she showed very little on her debut, she runs in a first-time tongue-tie now. As we say, it's modest fayre, with the vote going to High Arctic.
Colinca's Lad (IRE) 66-1 (7-11) Keen hold, in touch, pushed along over 4f out, driven 3f out, soon weakened, last of 12, 18l behind Sri Diamond (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.
High Arctic 33-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, behind, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 14, 4l behind Emerald Bay (9-0) at Haydock 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd in Jun.
John Charles (IRE) Fraam colt out of an unraced mare.
King Forever 13-2 (9-0) Keen hold and held up in rear, ridden, hung right and no response over 2f out, eased when no chance inside final 2f, 8th of 9, 12l behind Banjo Patterson (9-0) at Windsor 6f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Jun.
Townsville (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Behind, pushed along halfway, headway under pressure 3f out, soon one pace, no impression, 6th of 14, 7l behind Garibaldi (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol.
Bazelle 2-1jt-fav (8-11) Soon tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 7l behind Mambo Princess (8-11) at Folkestone 1m 2f 3yo mdn fll (5) gf in Sept.
Monteleone (IRE) 20-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, behind, struggling final 4f, 9th of 12, 17l behind Mohafazaat (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stk (5) pol.
Scamperdale 20-1 (9-0) Tracked winner until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 12, 8l behind Mohafazaat (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stk (5) pol.
