slowly into stride, outpaced, never dangerous
held up, ridden and headway over 3f out, led over 1f out, ran on
chased clear leader, ridden 3f out, put head in air, kept on one pace inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
held up in touch, ridden 4f out, chased winner over 1f out, soon no impression
held up in rear, headway 3f out, soon ridden, kept on one pace
chased clear leader, led 3f out, headed over 1f out, one pace
soon led and clear, headed 3f out, weakened
mid-division, ridden 4f out, soon weakened
towards rear, pushed along halfway, never dangerous
The Martin Pipe-trained Forbearing is the obvious one in this modest claimer. With the game Banningham Blaze and Zeis fancied to put up the most resistance. That said, a move for Lord Nellsson will be interesting as he has only raced once on the Flat once prior to this afternoon and the fact that he heads the weights for a race like this underlines how highly he is thought of by his connections. Stablemates Flyoff and Cracow make limited appeal on recent evidence and, like Jazil and Lilian are not hard to overlook today. Which brings the search back round to Forebearing, who despite not being the most straightforward of characters, has a very good record in races of this nature. A three-time winner at this level for Sir Mark Prescott last season, Forbearing has form on all types of going - which underlines his true ability if he is in the mood. The gelding has faced much stiffer tests than he will face from the majority of today's modest opposition and it will be a very disappointing effort form him if he cannot deliver the good again today.
