chased leaders to half way, weakened and behind when hampered over 2f out
raced keenly, held up in touch, driven to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, pushed clear final furlong, readily
in mid-division, pushed along half way, headway 2f out, stayed on under pressure to go second 1f out, no chance with winner
soon prominent on outer, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
slow into stride, behind until some late headway final furlong
behind, shaken up and headway over 1f out, stayed on nearest finish
chased leaders until weakened entering final furlong
pulled hard and always behind
behind, hard ridden over 2f out, never in contention
chased leaders until weakened over 1f out
close up, hard ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch on outer, kept on under pressure final 2f, never able to challenge
in touch to half way, losing place when stumbled badly over 2f out and eased
This is a difficult race for punters to call but Indian Edge, Here To Me and Big Bad Burt look the three to concentrate on and the narrow vote is given to the last mentioned. The 3-year-old ran well last time at Nottingham when third behind Parnassian and with conditions to suit here he should go well. He is dropped slightly in trip here but that should not inconvenience him, and he also has the added bonus of Seb Sanders in the plate. Indian Edge ran well behind Mission Man at Nottingham last time but he hung badly on that day and does not look the most straightforward of characters and for that reason he is opposed. Here To Me was returning from a break behind Red Sahara at Newbury last time, and as he probably needed the run that day he could do better here. Of the remainder, Best Desert was returning to the racetrack after an absence of 224 days at Yarmouth earlier this month, so he will improve for his fourth behind Sforzando, but for the winner we will stick with Big Bad Burt.
