mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, ridden and effort before next, stayed on to chase winner before last, no extra running
mid-division, headway half way, ridden and effort after 3 out, weakened after next
behind from half way, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
chased leaders, reminders and lost place 3rd, rallied 5th, weakened 3 out
held up in rear, headway half way, weakened 3 out
in touch, ridden and weakened quickly 5th
held up towards rear, headway half way to track leaders, weakened 3 out
led, headed approaching 3 out, soon weakened
towards rear, never dangerous
in touch, ridden and effort 3 out, one pace next
close up, led approaching 3 out, headed next, one pace under pressure
held up in mid-division, headway half way, ridden to lead 2 out, kept on
tracked leaders, mistake and weakened 5th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
prominent to half way, soon behind
This appears to be quite a poor contest in which Indian Solitaire can carry top-weight to victory, at the expense of Northern Minster and Pompeii. Indian Solitaire hails from an in form yard and didn't do too badly when fourth behind Bob The Piler at Newcastle a couple of weeks ago. That was a much stronger contest than today's and Richard Fahey's charge will appreciate this lesser opposition. Northern Minster does at least boast recent winning form, although it was in a pretty weak event at Newcastle. He comfortably accounted for Jodante on that occasion and looks set to run another good race. Pompeii has been knocking on the door recently and deserves to win a race of this nature, however in what is a very tricky start to proceedings Indian Solitaire is just given the vote.
