led, shaken up 4f out, driven and strongly pressed inside final 2f, headed over 1f out, rallied near finish, always held
unruly start, took keen hold, mostly tracked leader until ridden 2f out, soon weakened
slowly away, soon recovered and prominent, weakened 3f out, soon tailed off and eased
held up in touch, pushed along 3f out, soon beaten
held up in touch, pushed along 4f out, driven and stayed on to take 3rd just inside final 2f, no chance with front pair
chased leaders, driven to chase leader 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden final furlong, held on near finish
Nonrunner
SLIP comes here in fine form and Jim Boyle's gelding is the pick of the runners at the weights; the horse to follow him home may be the quirky, but fairly consistent, Nawamees. Although horses that stand out in claimers don't always prove to be the good things that they look, this horse is rated 80, some 15lbs clear of his closest rival, and a repeat of anything like his Lingfield run last time would be enough to take this race. It might be wise to note that he scraped home by a neck there as the 1/2 favourite so this may not be one for the faint-hearted. Nawamees was a fair third at Leicester last time and Ryan Moore looks a good jockey booking for a horse who needs a strong ride and he should run a decent race. The Saucy Snipe is only three so it may be too early to speak of her in bad terms but her recent performances seem to have exposed her as just modest and it is no surprise to see her dropped in class, whilst Lady Jinks is a course and distance winner which will stand her in good stead but at these weights she has an awful lot to find. Slip may be flattered by his official rating but he should win this regardless.
Nawamees (IRE) 4-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Invasian (8-10) at Leicester 1m 4f clm stks (5) gf.
Lady Jinks 6-1 (8-7) Held up, raced keenly, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 5th of 8, 21l behind Brave Bugsy (8-5) at Bath 2m 1f hcp 0-65 (6) gd.
Lilleput 25-1 (8-6) Slowly away, behind, headway on outside under pressure under 2f out, soon weakened, 6th of 8, 15l behind Hatch A Plan (8-9) at Newbury 1m 3f app hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Safari 50-1 (9-1) Led, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened, 5th of 7, 7l behind Slip (9-12) at Lingfield 1m 2f sell stks (6) std.
Tabulate 11-2 (8-8) Towards rear, headway 3f out, shaken and not quicken over 1f out, 4th of 12, 9l behind Amber Moon (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp 0-50 (6) pol in Mar.
Soul Singer 40-1 (8-4) Mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out and soon weakened, 8th of 11, 7l behind Where's Susie (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 3f fll hcp (5) std.
The Saucy Snipe 7-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, pushed along 5f out, hard driven 2f out, kept on final furlong, never going pace to get competitive, 5th of 11, 4l behind Where's Susie (9-10) at Lingfield 1m 3f fll hcp (5) std.
Slip 1-2fav (9-12) Tracked leaders, challenged on bit 2f out, soon led, pushed along final furlong, always just doing enough, won at Lingfield 1m 2f sell stks (6) std beating Waterside (9-12) by nk, 7 ran.
Everyman 25-1 (9-8) Hampered start, held up towards rear, raced keenly, some headway over 2f out, came wide, carried head high entering straight, soon edged left, weakened, 5th of 11, 17l behind Beauchamp Viceroy (9-8) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f sell stks (6) pol.
