tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
towards rear, pushed along 4f out, headway under pressure over 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
towards rear, pushed along 3f out, effort over 1f out, not clear run inside final furlong, switched right and kept on one pace
towards rear, not clear run over 2f out, soon ridden and no impression
towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway under pressure over 2f out, kept on one pace final furloing
tracked leader, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
held up towards rear, headway over 4f out, ridden over 3f out weakned 2f out
held up in touch, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and effort ofet 2f out, no extra final furlong
tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 3 furlong out
mid-dividion, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, no extra final furlong
in touch, ridden over 3f out, no extra approaching final furlong
mid-division, pushed along and headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed close home, no extra
towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong to lead close home
towards rear, never dangerous
mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
Although Mana D'Argent has solid claims on the best of his form he faces no easy task from top weight after his long winter break. Therefore, The Mark Johnston-trained seven-year-old is taken on with Thewhirlingdervish, who has a good record when fresh and is taken to reverse last season's form with Kristensen on these terms. Zoltano is another worth considering as he is less exposed than most and arrives here after a comfortable success at Mussleburgh earlier this month. The six-year-old will handle the predicted going and is no forlorn hope for each-way players if the prices permit. The same comments apply to Greenwich Meantime, who coped with the step up in trip last time and it would be no surprise to see more use made of him today. However, he may struggle to reverse the form with The Ring now that Mary Reveley's representative has got the benefit of a run behind him and this ex-inmate of Mick Channon's is fancied to pose the selection the most problems. That said, Thewhirlingdervish ran a cracker under a big weight in this race last season and, considering that he is 2lb lower and has the assistance of a 7lb claimer, he has rock-solid claims at the weights and just edges the vote this time around.
