keen in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
slowly into stride, headway halfway, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
pulled hard in rear, headway on bit over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out
pulled hard in rear, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, one pace final furlong
held up in rear, ridden 3f out, no impression
in touch, ridden to have every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway under pressure approaching final furlong, never nearer
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
pulled hard, tracked leader until weakened over 3f out
soon led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
tracked leaders, led 3f out, soon ridden, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Nonrunner
Sintenis Mac, Sky Quest and Artreju form our short-list for this heat with a chance taken on the former. A note of caution is sounded as he¿s returned a beaten favourite on three occasions and doesn't appear to be straightforwards. On the plus side, he clearly has ability and he ran well on his first attempt at this trip over course and distance last time. He has quicker ground to contend with this afternoon but the company looks a little less taxing and he may be able to gain that elusive success. Sky Quest is an experienced performer who shaped encouragingly on his return to action and is entitled to have come on for the run; this track and trip suit him down to the ground and he can be expected to have a say in the outcome. Flight Dream and Artreju are both capable of better than they showed last time, both are ridden by their trainers' sons and both are worth noting in the market. The former never landed a blow at Nottingham last time but ran well at this trip a couple of runs back whilst the latter, who has generally been disappointing since arriving from Germany, didn't fare too badly on his penultimate start and neither should be dismissed too quickly in a modest contest. A few to consider then with Sintenis Mac the pick.
Bavarica 8-1 (9-0) Held up, headway to join leaders over 5f out, every chance 2f out, faded, 4th of 8, 10l behind Stringsofmyheart (8-13) at Great Leighs 1m 2f fll hcp (5) pol.
Sky Quest (IRE) 9-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, not quite pace to challenge, 4th of 16, 3 1/2l behind Davenport (9-4) at Goodwood 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Artreju (GER) 16-1 (9-1) Always in rear, 12th of 16, 11l behind Davenport (9-4) at Goodwood 1m 1f hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Moonlight Fantasy (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Slowly away in rear, never dangerous, 7th of 8, 6l behind Sri Kuantan (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Jan.
Flight Dream (FR) 14-1 (9-4) Always behind, 12th of 16, 13l behind Princelywallywogan (8-13) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) gd.
Iceman George 18-1 (8-1) Behind, keen early, pushed along over 4f out, soon beaten, 6th of 8, 19l behind Bentley Brook (8-11) at Southwell 1m 3f hcap (4) fbs.
Sintenis Mac (GER) 12-1 (8-1) Held up in rear, headway over 4f out, led over 2f out, hung left and headed over 1f out, no extra, 3rd of 9, 3l behind Sir Duke (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gs.
Psycho Cat 10-1 (10-10) Always behind, last of 14, 35l behind Wodhill Schnaps (10-10) at Southwell 1m amt hcp (6) fbs in Mar.
Canary Girl 80-1 (9-0) Chased leader, pushed along 3f out, soon weakened, last of 14, 23l behind Hey Presto (9-0) at Kempton 1m Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Apr.
Bournonville 18-1 (9-13) Tracked leaders, short of room and hampered after 1f, chased leader 9f out, ridden over 3f out, led briefly over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 8, 28l behind Trafalgar Day (10-13) at Warwick 1m 5f amt hcp 0-80 (5) gs in Jun.
Rasmani 40-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, not much room briefly 7f out, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out, tailed off, last of 7, well behind Glenridding (9-3) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Dec.
Scottish River (USA) 33-1 (9-0) Started slowly, raced keenly, always in rear, wide into straight well over 1f out, never on terms, last of 13, 21l behind Our Kes (9-4) at Kempton 1m 2f hcap (6) pol.
