led, edged left over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, no extra
went right start, held up, headway over 1f out, not clear run inside final furlong, no chance after
behind, headway halfway, stayed on, never able to challenge
mid-division, driven and headway halfway, weakened 2f out
steadied start, held up, hampered over 4f out, headway over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, stayed on well
with leader, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, switched right to challenge over 1f out, soon every chance, led well inside final furlong, stayed on well
held up, headway over 2f out, hung left from over 1f out, soon no impression
tracked leaders, hampered over 4f out, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out
hampered start, held up, pushed along halfway, soon behind
prominent, raced keenly, lost place halfway, soon beaten
Over To You Bert gets a cautious vote over the likes of Napoletano, Magroom and Bollywood to name but three. The market is normally a reliable guide in these type of events, and we expect the Ron Hodges inmate Over To You Bert to be amongst the more fancied runners based on his exploits so far this season. The eight-year-old was successful at Wolverhampton in March and subsequently failed to capture a race in the Channel Islands for the second year running. Down the field in an apprentice affair at Salisbury last time, he should be a major player in this grade. Napoletano has the cheekpieces on but will need to show more than he did at Leicester last time, while Magroom won over the course-and-distance in similar company but that may have been a flash in the pan. He should at least hold Bollywood on the that form, although the latter was noted finishing quite well when fifth in a non-selling handicap here four days ago. The vote goes to Over To You Bert.
Over To You Bert 18-1 (9-4) Never better than mid-division, 11th of 17, 8l behind Stamford Blue (9-11) at Salisbury 6f ldy rds hcp (5) gf in May.
Bogaz (IRE) 12-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 9th of 14, 10l behind Binnion Bay (8-9) at Kempton 7f banded stk (7) pol in Dec.
Bollywood (IRE) 28-1 (8-4) Behind, headway over 1f out, nearest finish, 5th of 15, 3l behind Vegas Boys (9-4) at Brighton 7f hcap (6) sft in May.
Campbeltown (IRE) 16-1 (9-8) Raced on stands' rail, led main group to 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 12, 9l behind Makabul (9-3) at Windsor 6f clm (5) gd in May.
Napoletano (GER) 13-2 (9-7) Chased leader, every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 14, 2 1/2l behind Convince (9-2) at Leicester 7f sll (6) gf in May.
Tipsy Lad 8-1 (8-11) Towards rear, weakened final furlong, 9th of 14, 8l behind Pappas Ruby (8-12) at Southwell 7f hcap (6) fbs in May.
Magroom 40-1 (8-3) Prominent early, in lead over 1f out, ran on well, won at Brighton 7f sll (6) gd in May beating Windy Prospect (9-7) by 2l, 14 ran.
Dawson Creek (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Soon led, headed over 5f out, chased winner to 3f out, weakened quickly over 2f out, 9th of 10, 9l behind Shawhill (8-11) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo clm (5) gf in Apr.
