chased leaders, ridden and outpaced over 2f out
mid-division, headway and switched right over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong
mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, led entering final furlong, kept on well
held up in touch, one pace from over 2f out
slowly into stride, behind, mid-division halfway, ridden and headway well over 1f out, stayed on to chase winner inside last, no impression
led, ridden over 2f out, headed entering final furlong no extra inside final furlong
slowly into stride, always towards rear
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, ridden and switched right over 1f out, no impression
mid-division, weakened over 2f out
held up mid-division, weakened over 2f out
Riverside Dancer can land this at the expense of Fractured Foxy and Sad Times. The selection has not won since his second outing last year at Ripon and on the whole has become disappointing. Having said that he ran with great credit last time out at Leicester when finishing fifth of eleven and in the process showing signs of coming back to his best. With that in mind he is worth considering in an open event. Fractured Foxy has been a model of consistency but did not act around the tight bends of Mussleburgh last time out and is not certain to handle the tight nature of Bath either so is to be treated with caution. Sad Times was third behind Convince at Leicester last time out and prior to that had shown some decent form when winning at Wolverhampton. He comes her in great heart has been given a chance by the handicapper too so is to be noted. But for the winner we return to Riverside Dancer.
Espejo (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) Held up mid-division, ridden halfway, soon weakened, 12th of 13, 24l behind Mick Is Back (8-10) at Leicester 7f 3yo clm (5) sft in May.
Amazing King (IRE) 66-1 (8-9) Led narrowly until headed over 3f out, kept on until weakened 2f out, 8th of 14, 16l behind Mark of Love (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp (6) pol in May.
Bold Indian (IRE) 9-1 (8-13) Chased leaders, every chance over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 12, 9l behind Darfour (8-9) at Newcastle 7f 3yo hcp (5) gf in May.
Fractured Foxy 11-10fav (9-2) Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden over 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, kept on well, 2nd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Totally Free (8-10) at Southwell 6f 3yo clm (6) std in May.
Riverside Dancer (USA) 33-1 (8-10) Went right start, prominent, ridden over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 11, 4l behind Masai Moon (9-0) at Leicester 7f 3yo hcp (4) gf in May.
La Vecchia Scuola (IRE) 28-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, 11th of 17, 14l behind Ishetoo (8-11) at Ayr 6f 3yo hcp (6) gs in May.
Newport Lass (IRE) 18-1 (9-1) Towards rear, never dangerous, 10th of 11, 22l behind Poniard (9-2) at Southwell 7f 3yo hcp (6) fbs in Feb.
Sad Times (IRE) 20-1 (8-2) Pushed along in rear, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, 3rd of 14, 3/4l behind Convince (9-2) at Leicester 7f sll (6) gf in May.
