held up towards rear, headway after 5th, weakened approaching 7th, soon beaten
in touch, ridden after 7th, soon weakened, well beaten when jumped right 3f out
held up, always behind, tailed off 7th, pulled up before 3 out
prominent, ridden 7th, plugged on one-paced from 2 out, took poor 3rd flat
always behind and pushed along, tailed off from 6th
held up in touch, weakening when jumped slowly 5th, soon behind and tailed off
prominent, ridden approaching 5th, soon weakened, tailed off from 7th
held up, pushed along 5th, some headway 3 out, went poor 3rd 2 out, weakened flat
held up, some headway 5th, behind from 7th
mid-division, ridden and weakened 5th, tailed off from next
held up in touch, headway approaching 5th, chased winner 7th, ridden 3 out, weakened next
held up, ridden 5th, weakened next
made all, clear approaching last, shaken up briefly, easily
Not the most inspiring of contests to begin proceedings at Worcester with 18 largely moderate and out of form horses lining up. One exception is the Simon Lewis-trained Final Lap, who put previous form behind him when opening his account at Stratford at the beginning of the month. Although the six-year-old has a 6lb penalty to shoulder for that success a reproduction of his running eight days ago should suffice. Martin Pipe's Baclama has the ability to win off her current mark but has disappointed recently and may ideally prefer further, while Arm And A Leg was in the process of running a good race here over 2m4f on Saturday before falling at the last. If none the worse for those efforts, and granted a clear round, he should be thereabouts. Zaidaan, a course and distance winner in June, failed to show a similar level of form at Uttoxeter on his next start but should not be discounted, a comment that also applies to the inconsistent, but capable, Weet And See.
