led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, lost 2nd and weakened final 100 yards
slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden on outside 3f out, headway on wide outside and edged left over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd final 100 yards, not reach winner
hampered rider lost iron and nearly unseated soon after start, chased leaders on outside after 1f, rider got iron back over 4f out, pushed along 2f out, weakened over 1f out
took keen hold tracking leading pair on inside, not much room on inside and switched right over 1f out, stayed on into 3rd final 75 yard
held up towards rear, pushed along 3f out, headway over 1f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader, pushed along halfway, ridden 2f out, soon hung left, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, kept on well
steadied start, took keen hold and held up in 6th, headway on outside halfway, ridden chasing leaders and edged left over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
held up and off the pace in 5th, pushed along 3f out, soon lost place
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened soon after
pulled hard in rear, some headway over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Claude Greenwood won over a slightly longer trip here in September and was only beaten a neck in an apprentices' race at Chelmsford last month. His young rider takes off 7lb today and he must have every chance of going one better. Fleeting Indian only beat one home in this last year when 2lb lower but recent Lingfield third Chandrayaan should go well, though has never won on Turf. Connections have been struggling to find BIG CITY BOY's best trip and he's still awaiting a first victory after 23 starts. But he's been placed in two of three previous runs here and has clearly been finding sprint distances too sharp on the all-weather recently. He may be worth one final chance eased in grade.
Big City Boy (IRE) 8-1 (10-0) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Stunned (10-0) at Chelmsford City 5f mdn stks (5) pol.
Port Lairge 9-1 (8-6) Edgy beforehand, held up in last trio, headway on inside over 2f out, ridden into 4th and edged left entering final furlong, 4th of 11, 5l behind Pick A Little (9-3) at Brighton 7f hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Claude Greenwood 7-1 (8-2) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 7, nk behind Mishrif (9-3) at Chelmsford City 1m app hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Mar.
The Reel Way (GR) 25-1 (8-13) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 13, 7l behind Diamonds A Dancing (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Fleeting Indian (IRE) 6-1 (9-4) Went right start in rear, pushed along over 3f out, never a factor, 7th of 8, 7l behind Lazy Sioux (9-0) at Wolverhampton 5f hcp 0-50 (6) in Mar.
Plauseabella 50-1 (9-0) Soon led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 12, 27l behind Gracefilly (9-0) at Kempton 1m stks 0-55 (6) pol in Nov.
Chandrayaan 50-1 (8-12) Chased leader, led after 1f, ridden over 1f out, ran on until headed towards finish, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 10, 1l behind Charlies Mate (9-0) at Lingfield 1m hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
Bajan Story 50-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, weakened over 2f out, 10th of 12, 9l behind Lexington Blue (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp (6) pol in Nov.
Sweet Piccolo 40-1 (9-1) In rear, soon pushed along, stayed on final 150 yards, never nearer, 8th of 13, 3 1/2l behind See Vermont (9-3) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-52 (6) in Mar.
Spider Bay 50-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, took keen hold and held up in last trio, short-lived effort when hampered on inside rail over 1f out, 9th of 10, 7l behind Warden Bond (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp (0-55) (6) pol.
