slowly away, behind, ridden 3f out, good headway approaching final furlong, ran on strongly inside last, nearest finish
led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened final 2f
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, soon clear
prominent, ridden over 4f out, weakened well over 2f out
chased leader, led over 3f out, soon ridden, headed over 2f out, kept on same pace
held up in touch, effort over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, held up behind, never dangerous
held up in mid-division, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace final 2f
towards rear, ridden 3f out, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden to chase leaders over 3f out, kept on final furlong
in rear, effort over 3f out, headway over 2f out, one pace after
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
behind, ridden over 3f out, stayed on final 2f
slowly into stride, held up in touch, ridden and headway over 3f out, stayed on well final furlong
in touch, headway to chase leaders over 4f out, soon ridden, weakened well over 1f out
held up behind, effort over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
An ordinary way to open the first of three days of racing on the Knavesmire and there is plenty of deadwood to sift through in arriving at a shortlist. However, Forbearing, who makes his debut for the Martin Pipe yard today, has the most solid claims and is given the vote over Mark Of Zorro, Every Note Counts and Football Crazy - although a move for the Mick Easterby-trained Graft should not be dismissed out of hand for a place at least. Many of the remainder have become expensive to follow in recent times and supporting the likes of Saraaf, Donnas Double and Unshaken is for the brave only. Therefore, Forbearing, who was claimed for ¿15,000 after winning a similar event at Catterick in August, is the logical choice to continue paying his way for his new connections. George Duffield knows the six-year-old very well from his time with Sir Mark Prescott and has guided the horse to victory on three previous occasions in claimers this season - the first of which came over course and distance; where he showed great tenacity to hold off Every Note Counts by a neck despite being disadvantaged by some 13lb at the weights. It is interesting that Pipe has put Forbearing in at such a low weight for this claimer and he must be confident of collecting in spite of a less than advantageous draw. Mark Of Zorro has found a new lease of life in recent times and, with his confidence on a high after a gutsy win at Leicester in September, he rates as the biggest danger to Forbearing on these terms.
