chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked winner to over 6f out, and again 3f out, soon hung right, ridden and not run on final 2f
towards rear, never nearer
in touch, chased winner over 6f out, until 3f out
made all, ridden out
soon pushed along, in mid-division, reminders over 6f out, headway under pressure over 2f out, kept on one pace
held up in rear, ridden over 3f out, no impression
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden over 4f out, kept on, never nearer
slowly into stride, ridden over 4f out, weakened 3f out
Withdrawn
It is hard to escape the claims of Iamback, who is selected in preference to Now And Again and Pappy, who both ran fair races last time and will be dangerous to rule out with similar performances today. The latter does have a few questions to answer regarding his resolutuion though and is not one to be rushing to support without at least a positive indication from the betting market. Now And Again has gone close on the All Weather on several occasion and has each-way claims again today. However, he does have to prove himself to be equally effective on this surface and cannot be confidently expected to just do so. The veteran Marengo has been a good fun horse over the years and should again run his race. However, he not won on turf since August 2001 and is for the very brave only. Therefore, with all things considered, it seems harsh to desert Iamback after what has been a frustrating period for him. Gay Kelleway's charge has not enjoyed the rub of the green on several occasions during the last couple of months. Still he has run up to a level that gives him solid claims in this company and he is expected to be hard to beat tonight.
Chromboy (GER) 3rd of 8, 8l behind Komander David at Hannover 1m 1f stk gd in Sept.
Iamback 4-1 Prominent, effort on inside to chase winner 2f out, no impression entering final furlong, 2nd of 11, 2l behind Surdoue at Brighton 1m stk gd.
Jollys Pride 16-1 Made most until ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 12, 20l behind Another Con at W'hampton 1m 1f stk pol.
Marengo 33-1 Slowly into stride, behind, kept on from over 1f out, never dangerous, 8th of 12, 9l behind Zafarshah at Southwell 7f sll gs.
Now And Again 6-1 Mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden when not much room over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed close home, 3rd of 13, 1/2l behind Halcyon Magic at W'hampton 1m 1f stk pol.
Pererin 33-1 Soon led, headed 3f out, weakened rapidly and soon tailed off, last of 12, 28l behind Samuel Charles at Lingfield 7f clm pol.
Ren's Magic 33-1 Always towards rear, 12th of 14, 43l behind Banningham Blaze at Yarmouth 1m 6f stk (H5) gd in Oct.
Pappy (IRE) 14-1 Led to 2f out, stayed on same pace, 4th of 11, 2l behind Rathmullan at Brighton 7f stk gd.
