held up in touch, ridden, headway over 2f out, no impression
dwelt, towards rear, ridden, headway over 2f out, kept on
held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
slowly into stride, held up, ridden, 3f out, never dangerous
held up towards rear, effort over 2f out, kept on
led, raced keen, clear over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, led inside last, kept on under pressure, just held on
chased leader, weakened 3f out
Nonrunner
Spinning gets a speculative vote over Primo Way, Flylowflylong, Stolen Glance and Skylarker. The last named was a useful handicapper for Stuart Kittow two years ago, but has been absent since then. Now with Tommy Cuthbert, he could be a big danger if anywhere near fit, and the market will tell us more about what is expected. However, we prefer to row in with Spinning who hails from a very much in-form stable, and who should now be spot on after two runs this term. The last of them was at Musselburgh last month where he shaped very much as though today's trip would be more suitable, and he may have more scope than most here as well. Primo Way scraped home by the narrowest margin here eight days ago and has it to do under a 6lb penalty, while Flylowflylong had the run of the race at Hamilton in a fillies' affair three weeks ago. Stolen Glance is not as well treated as on the all-weather so is hard to fancy, and all in all it can pay to take a chance on Spinning.
Primo Way 15-2 (8-1) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway well over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, just held on, won at Ayr 1m 1f hcap (4) gs beating Bay Boy (8-4) by a shd, 6 ran.
Spinning 5-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Frank Crow (9-2) at Musselburgh 1m hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Sedgwick 4-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 6th of 8, 10l behind Penang Cinta (8-13) at Leicester 1m 4f hcap (5) gf.
Flylowflylong (IRE) 7-2fav (8-1) Held up, ridden over 2f out, good headway final furlong to lead close home, won at Hamilton 1m fll hcp (4) gd beating Fortress (8-2) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Jordans Elect 10-1 (9-1) Led, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong, 8th of 17, 6l behind Royal Flynn (9-2) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcap (6) gf.
Stolen Glance 6-1 (8-6) Raced wide in touch, ridden 2f out, led and joined entering final furlong, driven out, won at Southwell 1m hcp 0-70 (5) fbs beating Gigs Magic (8-6) by a shd, 8 ran.
Verification 16-1 (9-13) Prominent, ridden along over 3f out, weakened final 2f, 4th of 5, 22l behind Secret Ploy (9-8) at Thirsk 1m 4f mdn stk (5) frm.
Skylarker (USA) 15-2 (8-12) Always prominent, every chance when not much room just inside final furlong, no extra close home, 4th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Mustajed (8-9) at Bath 1m 4f hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Oct '05.