held up in touch, smooth headway over 2f out, soon every chance, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on
held up, driven and headway over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reached winner
prominent, outpaced over 2f out, soon beaten
led til over 3f out, rallied to lead again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, driven to lead over 3f out, edged left and headed over 2f out, one pace
Not The strongest of handicaps that may fall to Answered Promise, with Welcome Stranger and Borrego put forward as the main rivals. Ian Wood's bottom-weight was having his first race on the turf for quite a while when putting in a sterling effort to finish third behind Wind Chime at Warwick ten days ago. The outing will have done him the world of good he can strike before the handicapper gets a grip. Borrego ran no sort of race at Sandown last time but is much better judged on his previous outing when finishing runner-up to Yorkshire Blue at Doncaster. Welcome Stranger's form figures belie the fact that he has finished close up in some very competitive handicaps this season and he will be a major threat to all. Just eight go to post but it is a very tricky event where Answered Promise can make the most of his feather-weight.