prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
soon outpaced
in touch, ridden halfway, no impression
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders over 3f
soon outpaced
slowly into stride, in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out ran on to lead towards finish
slowly into stride, in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed towards finish
prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in touch, ridden halfway, kept on inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in touch, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
Loughlorien has an obvious chance on the evidence of recent turf form but has yet to show a similar level of ability on the all-weather and a safer bet may be Davids Mark, who is preferred to Molotov. The last mentioned won at Wolverhampton when Dunstall Park had a Fibresand surface so he should go well enough round here and it is interesting that the four-year-old is reunited with Natalie Gemelova this afternoon. Kieren Fallon has been booked for Knead The Dough but he has yet to win a race and is hard to back with confidence despite the presence of the former champion jockey. Torrent has claims on his best and has slipped to a fair mark but recent form gives little cause for a return to winning ways. Glencairn Star won a banded stakes race at Wolverhampton last week but is likely to find this tougher and a better bet looks to be Davids Mark. The John Jenkins-trained gelding has shown enough when placed in his last two starts to suggest that a race of this nature would be well within his compass and he is taken to gain due reward for his consistency today.
