always behind, blundered 5th, tailed off from 8th, pulled up before 12th
held up, stayed on from 3 out, no impression
always behind, tailed off when blundered 2 out
in touch to 8th, blundered 10th, pulled up before next
chased leader, led 9th, stayed on well flat
chased leaders, mistake 2nd, blundered and weakened from 11th
prominent, chased winner from 3 out, one pace flat
led to 9th, not fluent 11th, chased winner to 3 out, no extra
mistakes, always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
refused to race, took no part
behind, blundered badly 6th, headway 10th, chased winner from next to 3 out, jumped slowly next, soon weakened
Golden Rose may be worth chancing in a poor contest and is the TEAMtalk selection. Tommy McGovern's 10-year-old is largely inconsistent but did run well when chasing home Merchants Friend at Plumpton two starts ago when out of the weights proper. Now racing of his proper mark, 4lbs lower than at Plumpton, and better treated than he has been for some time, the son of Roselier has more going for him than most. The trip is wrong for The Sawdust Kid (wants further) and Iro Origny (better over shorter), topweight Hidden Affair looks handicapped to the hilt, while likely favourite Tullons Lane has been raised 10lbs for a facile win here last time when the main market rivals took the wrong course. Stopwatch has to be respected with his stable in such good form at present, while the biggest danger to the selection could be The Newsman who is only 4lbs higher than when winning a similar contest at Plumpton in October. The consistent The Hearty Joker tends to find at least one too good and will probably do so again.
