in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, ridden and every chance over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, keen hold, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on well, never nearer
slowly into stride, always behind
held up, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on same pace
held up, pulled hard, ridden over 2f out, soon no impression
in touch, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace
in touch, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakend inside final furlong
prominent over 4f
in touch, lost place over 3f out
behind, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened inside final furlong
held up towards rear, switched right over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, never nearer
behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong nearest finish
tracked leaders, led over 1f out, headed and no extra last strides
behind, never dangerous
led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, headway over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong to lead close home
always behind
Themesofgreen was good value for his defeat of the well-backed Bold Phoenix (a winner since) at Brighton earlier this month and is taken to follow up at the main expense of Wood Fern and Elms Schoolboy. The last mentioned opened his account in a similar contest at Southwell last week but it remains to be seen whether he can reproduce the form back on turf and James Eustace's gelding may be best watched. Get To The Point has disappointed in two starts since landing a course and distance selling handicap in August but has claims on that earlier form, while Wodhill Be has been running consistently well in this grade of late but may be better over shorter. Young Kate is clearly nothing out of the ordinary but is less exposed than most of these so has to be respected along with Fleet Anchor, for who a market move would be of interest. Tacid is another to consider on recent evidence, while Wood Fern has a race of this nature in him and should handle the ground. Themesofgreen has an obvious chance on the form of what he showed at Brighton though and gets the vote to follow up.
Elms Schoolboy 8-1 (8-9) Prominent, ridden 2f out, led approaching final furlong, kept on under pressure, won at Southwell 1m stk (7) fbs beating Venetian Princess (8-9) by 3/4l, 14 ran.
Fleet Anchor 10-1 (8-8) Chased leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching 1f out, 11th of 16, 9l behind Merrymadcap (8-13) at Bath 1m app mdn hcp 0-80 (6) frm in Sept.
Get To The Point 15-2 (8-11) Mid-division, no headway final 2f, 8th of 14, 6l behind City General (8-9) at Brighton 7f app stk (7) frm in Sept.
Themesofgreen 11-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, good headway on outside over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Brighton 1m stk (7) gd beating Bold Phoenix (9-0) by 2l, 15 ran.
Wodhill Be 6-1 (8-11) In mid-division when hampered and lost place over 2f out, rallied inside final furlong, 4th of 14, 3 1/2l behind Ragasah (8-11) at Lingfield 7f stk (7) pol.
Wood Fern (UAE) 6-1 (9-0) In touch, ridden approaching 1f out, soon one pace, 5th of 14, 6l behind Caerphilly Gal (8-11) at Brighton 1m stk (7) frm in Sept.
Young Kate 15-2 (8-9) Led early, prominent, ridden to lead again over 1f out, soon edged right, edged left, headed inside final furlong, not quicken, 2nd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Artzola (8-9) at W'hampton 1m 1f stk (7) pol in Sept.
Tacid 16-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 14, 7l behind Caerphilly Gal (8-11) at Brighton 1m stk (7) frm in Sept.
