made most and clear to 4th, soon lost place and behind
in touch until ridden and weakened from 8th
held up, headway 6th, 2nd three lengths 2nd when blundered and fell 2 out
headway 6th, went 2nd 3 out, left poor 2nd next, fell last
headway 6th, stayed on under pressure flat, never nearer
behind from 6th, tailed off
held up, headway 8th, left poor 3rd 2 out, left 2nd last, no chance with winner
raced wide, clear with leader, led 4th, left well clear 2 out, blundered last
prominent to after 7th
Alan King's Tathmin deserves to win a race of this nature after a string of consistent performances and has been helped by the handicapper who has dropped the gelding by 2lbs since his last run. However, a place may be the best that the son of Weldnaas may be capable of with Mithak in opposition. The Richard Phillips-trained gelding has run two fine races in defeat since his return; chasing home the progressive Sadler's Secret at Haydock before finding just The River Joker too good at Huntingdon last time. A reproduction of either of those runs should be good enough for the eight-year-old, who gets the TEAMtalk vote. High Drama has failed to complete in his last two starts and is probably best watched for the time, as is Snow Partridge, who has a long absence to overcome. Diorama ran a poor race at Plumpton last month and has much more to do off his new mark. Mrs Pickles has claims on running behind the selection at Huntingdon and has to be respected, while Audiostreetdotcom will find this company easier than when not disgraced behind Jurancon III at Cheltenham.
