led after 1f, ridden and hung left 2f out, kept on under pressure, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
led 1f, stayed prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, headed towards finish and lost 2nd final stride
mid-division, ridden along 2f out, no impression over 1f out, kept on same pace
started slowly, towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out into mid-division, no extra, stayed on one pace
started slowly, always in rear, struggling well over 2f out
mid-division, chased leaders 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reached leaders
in touch, ridden along 3f out, headway over 1f out, on outer, strong run inside final furlong to lead near finish
steadied start, settled towards rear, in rear 3f out, never a factor
tracked leaders, effort over 1f out, every chance entering final furlong, kept on one pace
behind, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
started slowly, held up, steady headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, took 2nd final stride and gaining on winner
Sign of The Cross, Zero Cool and Murrin make most appeal in this handicap and the vote is given to Sign Of The Cross. The selection was only narrowly beaten last time at Great Leighs when finishing third behind Art Man. He has gone well here in the past and from a decent draw he can get his head in front. Zero Cool is back on a fair mark and he ran a decent race race last time when finishing third behind Master Of Arts at Lingfield. However, he has the worst of the draw today and although that is not massively significant over this trip, the inexperienced Jemma Marshall takes over from George Baker in the plate so that will not help his cause. Murrin ran quite well here last time when finishing third behind Totally Focussed. He has a good draw and he is clearly in good heart and he should be good enough to claim a place. Marcus Tregoning's Wikaala won his maiden in decent style last time, so he could be of interest tonight on his handicap debut. However, we prefer the claims of Sign Of The Cross who is taken to score.
Sign of The Cross 7-1 (8-8) Close up, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 3/4l behind Art Man (9-0) at Great Leighs 1m 2f hcap (3) pol in May.
Novikov 10-1 (9-2) Raced wide, with leader to over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, soon tailed off, 7th of 8, 33l behind Punjabi (9-1) at Sandown 1m 2f hcap (4) sft in May.
Zero Cool (USA) 12-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on to go 2nd inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Master of Arts (8-10) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-90 (3) pol in Jun.
Man of Gwent (UAE) 15-2 (9-7) Dropped in, ridden over 3f out and edged to outside, kept on, not reach leading trio, 4th of 11, 10l behind Prime Number (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f app hcp (4) pol in Jun.
Risque Heights 14-1 (9-10) Held up, ridden and struggling final 3f, 9th of 11, 19l behind Australia Day (9-2) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jun.
Murrin (IRE) 6-1 (9-9) Mid-division, headway under pressure from over 1f out, went third inside final furlong, no chance with front pair, 3rd of 13, 3 1/2l behind Totally Focussed (9-1) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Jun.
Jebel Ali (IRE) 50-1 (8-9) Held up, in touch, ridden and weakened 2f out, 13th of 14, 27l behind Crete (9-3) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Jun.
Encores 5-1 (8-10) Held up, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 5th of 7, 6l behind Justcallmehandsome (8-5) at W'hampton 1m 1f app hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Ryedale Ovation (IRE) 15-2 (9-3) Towards rear, ridden, headway over 1f out, one pace well inside final furlong, 9th of 13, 5l behind Princess Flame (8-9) at Newbury 1m 3f app hcp (5) gf in Jun.
Air Chief 20-1 (8-12) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 12th of 14, 21l behind Dona Alba (9-5) at Leicester 1m 2f 3yo hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Vilna (USA) 3-1 (9-7) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, not clear run over 1f out, hung left and kept on, 2nd of 14, 3/4l behind Any Given Day (9-4) at Kempton 1m 2f 2yo hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Wikaala (USA) 7-4 (9-3) Dwelt, ridden to lead after 1f, under pressure over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, won at Beverley 1m 3yo mdn (5) gf in Jun beating Filigree Lace (8-12) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
