chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
led, set strong gallop, hung right from 2f out, soon headed, one pace
held up well in rear, smooth headway on outside from over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear final furlong
tracked leader until 3f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, stayed on inside final furlong
held up towards rear, headway on inside 4f out, ridden, weakened over 1f out
held up in touch, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened 1f out
pulled hard, held up in rear, never nearer
towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway and not clear run over 2f out, still last and switched right well over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, switched right well over 2f out, soon not clear run, switched left entering final furlong, ran on close home
Arms Acrossthesea, Scriptorium and Barton Sands are the three to concentrate on here with the first named just having the edge. This five-year-old has been a great servant for the yard this season and landed his third race of the campaign when scoring over course and distance last week. He has to shoulder 9st 9lb today, but looks to be up to the task. Scriptorium is not one the Cumani stable stars but showed when chasing home Rock Lobster in a recent handicap, that he is capable of landing a small race. Barton Sands heads here with a one after his name, but does appear to have a bit more to do than when winning a seller at Warwick back in April. Golden Drift hails from a top yard and may prove best of the others, but for the winner we return to Arms Acrossthesea.
