tracked leader, led over 2f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, one pace when not much room towards finish
held up towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, headway under pressure 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, to dead heat post
chased leaders, effort 2f out, no extra final furlong
led, headed over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened 2f out
towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on well to lead inside final furlong, joined post
tracked leaders, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, one pace final furlong
Rajam may be able to shrug off topweight to fend off the challenges of Toni Alcala and Astromancer in the opening race at the Scottish track. Although set to carry the welter burden of 10st 5lb, Rajam at least lines up on the back of a recent victory at Musselburgh, his first since scoring for Alec Stewart at Newmarket three years ago. Since then the gelding has found it hard to win, but was starting to look attractively handicapped and it was no real surprise when he finally came good five days ago. To put his achievement in context, his main rival Easibet Dot Net appeared a bit reluctant to say the least, but he could do no more than he did. Still well weighted, Rajam only has a bit more to do here. Toni Alcala is expected to give him most to do, as he has no problems with the trip and will like the ground. However, he is going back up the weights and is opposable. Astromancer meanwhile, is out to get the losses back after being well beaten at Musselburgh, but she is still a maiden and is hard to make a strong case for. Dandy Nicholls looks to have found a suitable opportunity for Rajam who should last home under Alex Greaves.
