outpaced from halfway
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out kept on same pace
held up towards rear, ridden and weakened over 2f out
raced mid-division, pushed along halfway, weakened 2f out
close up, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, ran on close home
slowly away, behind, headway over 1f out, not reached leaders
led, headed over 4f out, outpaced over 2f out, rallied and stayed on inside final furlong
chased leaders until halfway, soon behind
pulled hard, soon chased leaders, effort 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
with leader, led over 4f out, headed 2f out ridden and weakened 2f out
pulled hard, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out weakened final furlong
slowly away, always in rear
chased leaders over 5f
Elsinora, Molinia and Yashin are the three against the field here, with the latter possibly just having the edge. The Mark Tompkins trained gelding drops into selling company for the first time, and if you ignore his most recent effort, he can be given every chance on previous runs. The best of which this season was at Epsom when chasing home Pickle in a class D handicap, if running up to that form again he will be difficult to beat. Molinia ran well over course and distance last time in a much better race and should be bang there again. Meanwhile Elsinora is from a very shrewd yard and has been knocking on the door in similar company all season. It is not a race to get too involved in financially, but Yashin looks slightly better than selling class and is given the nod.