chased leaders far side, ridden over 2f out, faded final furlong
tracked leaders stands side, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
chased leaders far side, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up behind stands side, outpaced halfway, soon behind
with leaders stands side, ridden over 2f out, quickly weakened over 1f out, soon eased
mid-division stands side, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on and edged left entering final furlong
led stands side group, ridden over 2f out, faded final furlong
made all far side, shaken up well over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, ridden out
slowly into stride, behind stands side, headway and switched left over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
raced stands side, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
chased leaders stands side, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f
slowly into stride, behind stands side, soon pushed along, ridden halfway, headway over 1f out, edged left and stayed on strongly inside last
slowly into stride behind stands side, effort over 3f out, never dangerous
chased leaders far side, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong
behind far side, ridden over 2f out, kept on and no impression final furlong
chased leaders far side, weakened well over 1f out
with leaders far side, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
behind far side, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on inside last, nearest finish
prominent far side, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
A typical big-field York handicap to finish the day here, where heavy financial involvement is not recommended, but we will side with Undeterred to take advantage of a good draw against an exposed field, with Salviati and Smart Predator perhaps the ones to ones to trouble him most. The selection has been thoroughly consistent this season, beating Zuhair in the Stewards' Sprint at Goodwood on his penultimate start, whilst going close on three other occasions, including when second to Sir Don over course and distance a month ago. The David Barron-trained gelding was just touched off in the Great St Wilfrid at Ripon on Saturday and off the same mark here he can go in here. Milton Bradley has enjoyed a good season with his sprinters and Salviati has been among those to have had his nose in front on more than one occasion. He never really got chance to defy a 6lb rise last time out and has been upped from the minimum trip here, so can go well if he gets home, and might not be as fully exposed as first seems the case. Smart Predator is another well drawn here and Keith Dalgleish's mount steps back into this company after landing a Class D 'grey horse' handicap at Newmarket on Saturday. Clearly bang in form, he took that race comfortably and this is not beyond him by any means, but he will need to improve to win, though his prominent tactics will be a help in this large field. Even so, we are perfectly happy to side with the tough and consistent Undeterred.
