chased leaders, led 6f out, ridden 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
steadied start, held up in rear, ridden and headway from 3f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
slowly into stride, keen soon chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, ridden out
pulled hard, led 1f, remained with leader until over 6f out, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
led 9f out, headed 6f out, remained handy, ridden and edged left 2f out, kept on same pace
keen, held up, ridden over 3f out, no headway
pulled hard, held up, headway 5f out, ridden and one pace final 2f
held up and wide, ridden over 4f out, no impression
tailed off from 5f out
Eijaaz is taken to score here at the main expense of Polish Spirit and Revolve. The selection won a seller last time out at Leicester when defeating Prairie Law and he had previously run well in a handicap at Brighton when a close third behind Lyrical Way. He is clearly on good terms with himself and he may be capable of getting his head in front again tonight. Revolve finished behind the selection last time but he was having his first run for 595 days and he is sure to come on for that effort. Polish Spirit won well last time out but that was in a particularly weak race and this 10-year-old looks thoroughly exposed. He may be capable of taking some place money as he did over this course and distance last month but others are preferred tonight. We'll Meet Again is from a shrewd yard and is worth noting in the market but his inexperienced pilot would be a negative against him, and we will stick with Eijaaz as our idea of the winner.
Polish Spirit 3-1 (9-6) Prominent, led after 3f, ridden out final furlong, eased close home, won at Chepstow 1m 2f stk 0-60 (6) gf beating Oakley Absolute (8-7) by 2l, 6 ran.
Eijaaz (IRE) 3-1fav (9-12) Held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and hung right over 1f out, led 1f out, driven out, won at Leicester 1m 2f sll (6) gd in May beating Prairie Law (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 16 ran.
Fabrian 5-1 (9-7) Pulled hard, headway 5f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 13, 5l behind Ali D (9-9) at Leicester 1m hcp (6) gf.
Revolve 6-1 (9-7) Held up, short of room over 6f out, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 16, 1 1/2l behind Eijaaz (9-12) at Leicester 1m 2f sll (6) gd in May.
We'll Meet Again 20-1 (8-10) Held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, edged left well over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 3l behind Calculaite (8-9) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol.
Maria Bonita (IRE) 66-1 (8-8) Held up and took keen hold, behind final 4f, last of 7, 33l behind Bid For Fame (8-0) at W'hampton 1m 6f clm (6) pol.
Pick of The Crop 20-1 (8-9) Held up off pace, pushed along 3f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 7, 6l behind Ben Hur (8-9) at Brighton 1m 2f clm (6) frm in May.
Got To Be Cash 16-1 (10-11) Mid-division, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong, 5th of 17, 10l behind Peter's Imp (10-10) at Haydock 1m 3f ldy rds hcp (6) gd.
