held up, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, led just inside final furlong, kept on well
led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, led over 1f out, ridden and headed just inside final furlong, no extra
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong
chased leaders for 3f, soon behind
prominent for 3f, weakened over 1f out
prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, kept on
A number of these hold solid claims but Cummiskey dropped a significant hint that his turn is not too far away at Warwick on Monday and he gets the vote over Cyclical, who won an ordinary maiden on his debut and needs to find a little more over this extra furlong to follow up here. Peeptoe also has experience of a sixth furlong but looks harshly assessed off a mark of 75 for his handicap debut and could struggle in this company. Cree, by way of contrast, has been given a real chance of causing an upset at the weights and the son of Indian Ridge is one to monitor closely in the betting. Cyclical is from the same family as Soar and looks sure to have his supporters again today. However, as the lack of fancy entries underlines, he has taken a fair bit of time to come to hand and this season is being viewed as a learning curve for him. But he shaped up nicely when scoring at Hamilton and the son of Pivotal looks sure to benefit from the experience. He will be a tough nut to crack this afternoon. Nevertheless, Cummiskey makes more appeal at the likely prices as he looks certain to relish the prevailing fast ground. Jamie Osborne's charge had a few decent types in behind him on his latest start and can gain some compensation after being beaten by the draw at Warwick.
