held up in touch, chased leaders over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace
held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
held up, never dangerous
slowly into stride, always behind
mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway over 3f out, soon weakened
tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway over 3f out, soon chased leaders, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, no reach winner
chased leaders, every chance over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up, pulled hard, weakening when hampered over 1f out
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace
held up, pulled hard, headway over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, kept on, never nearer
soon prominent, led over 2f out, kept on well under pressure
held up mid-division, weakened over 2f out
held up, ridden and headway well over 1f out, kept on well final furlong
led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Stanley George is preferred to Postsprofit and Sister Maria. Michael Jarvis' charge is making a seasonal reappearance but has crucially been handicapped on the basis of a couple of moderate efforts as a juvenile. Betting in this manner is always a risky strategy but the yard is in form and Phillip Robinson replaces Matthew Henry in the plate. Postsprofit ran in a Wolverhampton race that looked good by the track's standards. A switch to a positive style of riding almost allowed him to pinch it and similar tactics should work well here. Sister Maria ran well in desperate ground on debut last season but has questions to answer after two expensive losses since. Calculating is tried on this surface for the first time having ran exclusively on fast ground. Mystery River is another with proven form with cut in the ground and should give punters a run for their money. Laish Ya Hajar failed to land a monster punt at Goodwood on his latest outing and makes a transition to racing in handicaps. Our Herbie should have come on for his first outing and is watched in the market. Giant Slalom is similarly watched as he is a well named son of mudlark, Tomba. Stanley George has plenty of ticks in the right boxes and he is afforded the nomination.
Sister Maria (USA) 4-6fav (8-12) Held up in touch, ridden and hung left over 1f out, carried right by winner inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 5, nk behind Serengeti (9-3) at W'hampton 1m 1f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Dec.
Laish Ya Hajar (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Chased leader to 3rd out, one pace in 3rd when edged right and no impression from over 1f out, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Bold Abbott (9-3) at Goodwood 7f 3yo mdn (5) gd.
Calculating (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, held up, no impression final 2f, 5th of 7, 5l behind Bold Abbott (9-3) at Goodwood 7f 3yo mdn (5) gd.
Stanley George (IRE) 1-2fav (8-13) Made all, ridden out, won at Southwell 1m 2yo mdn auc (6) fbs in Dec beating Go Dude (8-10) by 3l, 9 ran.
Satyricon 5-2fav (9-0) In touch, one pace final 2f, 5th of 9, 2l behind Supa Sal (9-1) at Kempton 7f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Postsprofit (IRE) 10-1 (8-6) Soon led, hung right throughout, headed briefly over 2f out, no extra when headed inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, nk behind dhtrs Emerald Wilderness (8-13) & Guiseppe Verdi (8-13) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Silca Key 7-1 (9-1) With leaders, led over 5f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 11, 10l behind Ella Y Rossa (8-7) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Barley Moon 100-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 8, 23l behind Ea (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 3yo mdn (5) gf in Apr.
