took keen hold, tracked leader, led 5f out to 3f out, ridden to lead again over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
led after 1f, headed 5f out, weakened rapidly over 3f out, tailed off
soon pushed along in rear, never a factor
held up in rear, pushed along and headway 4f out, ridden to chase leading pair over 2f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, stayed on
slowly into stride, recovered and soon in touch, weakened over 3f out
slowly into stride behind, effort on wide outside over 2f out, one pace final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along from 7f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out
took keen hold, led for 1f, stayed tracking leaders, led going well 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
always in rear, driven halfway, soon struggling, tailed off
slowly into stride, recovered and soon in touch, ridden and headway 3f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, not quite able to challenge
The Last Mohican can follow up a recent victory to account for Adjiram and Buying A Dream, with Hellbent not out of it entirely. The Last Mohican gained his first win in 29 attempts when making all at Southwell last week, and as that came on the back of a good effort at Wolverhampton the day before, we can assume that the five-year-old has finally found his form. Although he will find this surface much faster, Paul Howling's charge lines up as the one to beat. Adjiram responded to a visor when successful at Brighton nine days ago, but will he respond to this longer trip today. Buying A Dream is a course and distance scorer so enters calculations, while Hellbent has enough placed form to warrant a small mention, but The Last Mohican, with Pat McCabe on board again, gets the vote.
