held up midi-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong, never nearer
slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace from over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
held up in rear, headway from 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden and weakened well over 2f out
tracked leader until over 3f out
led, clear 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out
close up, ridden to chase leader over 3f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, not trouble leaders
Circassian showed improved form last time and can land this competitive handicap from Great View and Wellington Hall. The step up to 12 furlongs was just what Sir Mark Prescott's gelding needed, and he ran a blinder to finish a second behind Topkat at Salisbury. If running up to that form he must have a tremendous chance off today's handicap mark. Great View and Wellington Hall met at Warwick last time in the race won by Smart John. Great View had a neck to spare over his rival on that occasion and is just a pound worse off, so these too once again will be difficult to separate. Best of the rest could be Carrowdore, who doesn't know how to run a bad race, however Circassian is the pick of the weights and gets the verdict.