held up in touch, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened
led, ridden over 2f, headed over 1f out, soon no extra
slowly into stride, always well behind
mid-division, headway over 3f, ridden to challenge 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven out
held up, never a factor
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon outpaced
held up, ridden and headway over 3f, kept on final furlong without troubling leaders
held up, headway over 3f, hard ridden over 2f, soon weakened
held up, never trouble leaders
with leader, ridden over 3f out, one pace final furlong
Rehearsal, Nelsons Column and Vincenzio make most appeal here and the vote is given to Nelson's Column. The selection is eased in grade after being well beaten in a handicap last time, but he will handle this ground and in this kind of company he might be up to the task of getting his head in front. Rehearsal is clearly not as good as he once was and he was disappointing last time. However, in this lowly grade he could be worth another chance. The worry is though that all his best form is on quicker ground and for that reason we will take him on. Vincenzio is interesting as he is relatively lightly-raced and he will relish these ground conditions. However, he was beaten out of sight at Warwick last time and he is hard to recommend with any confidence on the back of that effort, albeit in a better race than this. Dushstorm has managaed to get his head in front four times already this year, so in a race as moderate as this he merits consideration, especially as the ground will not inconvenience him. However this looks like a good opportunity for Nelsons Column who is put forward as the pick.
Nelsons Column (IRE) 8-1 (8-9) Mid-division, driven and outpaced over 3f out, soon beaten, 7th of 8, 12l behind Bajan Parkes (9-4) at Carlisle 1m 3f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in May.
Rehearsal 8-1 (9-13) Prominent, hard driven over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 13, 22l behind Novestar (8-5) at Southwell 1m 4f clm (5) fbs in Jun.
River Mint 9-2 (10-13) In touch, lost place over 5f out, soon behind, 12th of 14, well behind Rubys Cove (11-2) at Wetherby 2m nhf (6) gd in Jun (N.Hunt).
Vincenzio (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden and weakened over 3f out, eased 2f out, tailed off, last of 6, well behind Keelung (9-5) at Warwick 1m 7f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.
Elite Land 11-1 (8-7) Towards rear, ridden along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace final 2f, 4th of 16, 7l behind Squirtle (8-4) at Thirsk 2m hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Sawwaah (IRE) 18-1 (10-10) Mid-division, outpaced when hampered over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 15th of 17, 33l behind Coral Shores (8-12) at Pontefract 1m 2f ldy rds hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Shandelight (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, chased leader 4f out until over 2f out, soon weakened, 6th of 12, 12l behind Black Falcon (9-5) at Southwell 1m 4f clm (6) fbs.
Tidy (IRE) 16-1 (8-5) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, 35l behind Force Group (9-0) at Pontefract 1m 2f app hcp (5) gs in Apr.
Barashi 40-1 (8-7) Dwelt soon tracking leaders, weakened over 2f out, soon eased, 8th of 9, 36l behind King Kenny (9-0) at Hamilton 1m 1f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gd in Jun.
Panamar Besar (IRE) 100-1 (9-3) With leader, weakened over 3f out, 8th of 9, well behind Dalhaan (9-3) at Pontefract 1m 4f 3yo mdn (5) gf in Jun.
Bonny Bright Eyes 16-1 (8-6) Prominent, ridden along over 4f out, one pace final 2f, 3rd of 7, 15l behind Art Trend (8-11) at Catterick 1m 4f mdn stk (5) gs in Jun.
Dushstorm (IRE) 7-1 (9-8) Led, headed over 8f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 11, 14l behind York Cliff (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 4f clm (6) pol.
Hallys Goal (IRE) 66-1 (10-7) Prominent, pushed along after 4th, mistake 6th, behind from next, tailed off when pulled up 3 out in race won by Simondiun (11-5) at Worcester 3m nov hdl (4) gf, 12 ran.
Liberty Seeker (FR) 28-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, ridden over 6f out, soon beaten and eased, last of 8, well behind Mid Valley (8-10) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) fbs in Feb.
Glenisland 200-1 (9-4) Towards rear, soon driven along, struggling from 3f out, 9th of 10, 45l behind Hevelius (9-1) at Pontefract 1m 2f mdn stk (5) gd.
