chased leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace after
mid-division, headway on inner over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong
took keen hold in touch, ridden over 2f out, one pace after
chased leaders, ridden well over 1f out to challenge, weakened final furlong
slowly away, behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, chased winner final furlong, kept on well, no chance with winner
took keen hold and led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, soon weakened
in touch, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened, eased final 2f, tailed off
mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
mid-division, ridden 3f out, headway over 2f out, kept on final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, one paced after
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
A trappy handicap in which the in-form Katiypour gets the vote ahead of recent Redcar winner, Encounter and Yenealed. The Nigel Shields-owned gelding produced his best effort for some time when finishing second at Redcar last week and if similar tactics are utilised here, he looks to have a fine chance of going one better today. Encounter owes nothing to connections and rarely runs a bad race. He was all out to score in lesser grade at Redcar but it would not be a complete surprise if he were good enough to take this higher graded race. Similar comments apply to Yenealed who has the services of the leading Northern pilot, Fergal Lynch this evening. Haulage Man has the services of Kevin Darley on his seasonal reappearance. The combination of Eddy and Darley have landed plenty of gambles in the past and they must be watched in the market. Top Dirham, Mexican and Unshaken were decent handicappers some time ago but none of the trio have given too much encouragement to punters of late. Yorkshire Blue won a seller at 25/1 last time out. He is better than selling grade but is yet to convince at handicap level.
