always behind
prominent, led 5f out, ridden and headed 3f out, soon weakened
behind and pushed along, not much room after 1f, soon switched to outer, ridden over 4f out, kept on final 2f
towards rear, ridden and headway 3f out, led 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace
close up, ridden over 3f out, weakened final 2f
led, headed 5f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway halfway, led over 1f out, ridden clear
chased leaders, ridden to lead 3f out, headed final 2f, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
in touch, ridden and lost place halfway
A pretty weak claimer and we will take a chance on Nod's Nephew with Crusoe, and Bulawayo set to chase him home. Nod's Nephew was in excellent form during the summer winning at Lingfield and Chepstow and his recent comeback effort here was full of promise. He looked in need of the outing but still got within alength of Grub Street. Crusoe ran well in a claiming race at Wolverhampton back in February, finishing a close third behind Scottish River. He has put in two stinkers since then, but they were too bad to be true and we expect him to bounce back to form under top jockey Darryl Holland. It is a similar story with Bulawayo, Andrew Reid's colt ran a blinder to finish runner-up to Ally Makbul in the middle of last month, but ten days later was well beaten by Dancing King, although that was a better contest. Noble Pursuit was well beaten in a better contest last time but on previous efforts could be good enough to sneak into a place, however for the winner we return to Nod's Nephew..
