close up, pushed along when left clear 2 out, headed approaching last, rallied towards finish, just held
held up towards rear, headway 13th, outpaced next
held up towards rear, headway halfway, led and going well 15th, 2 lengths in lead when ran out 2 out
made most to 15th, outpaced when not fluent 3 out, left 2nd next, soon no extra
with leader, outpaced 4 out, rallied 2 out, led approaching last, all out
in touch, blundered and lost place 9th, no danger after
chased leaders to 12th, soon weakened and pulled up before 3 out
In the opener, Cloudless Dawn is selected ahead of Rare Society and Nobel. There can be no doubt that Cloudless Dawn is a big player based on overall form, ratings and the fact that she receives weight from her main opponents. She ought to go well. Rare Society comes here after a break but he can run well given such a scenario and, given that he fares well on the ratings and will love the going, has to be respected. Nobel got his act together at Sedgefield last time and surely the only way is now up, while Lethem Air would holds claims based on his January Ayr win, although that came on heavy going. Finally, Ellerslie George might improve on what will be his chasing debut but, for the selection, we will side with Cloudless Dawn.
Rare Society (IRE) 1-3fav (10-11) Led, clear when mistake 2 out, headed flat, kept on same pace, 2nd of 5, 1l behind City Music (10-12) at Hexham 3m nov hdl (4) gf in Sept.
Manoubi 28-1 (11-0) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened from 11th, 11th of 17, 19l behind Magnificent Seven (11-8) at Musselburgh 3m hcp hdl 0-100 (4) gd in Dec.
Nobel (FR) 8-11fav (10-11) Tracked leaders, headway to lead after 4 out, stayed on well from 2 out, won at Sedgefield 2m 4f beg chs (4) gf in Apr beating Bob Bites Back (10-12) by 10l, 9 ran.
Ellerslie George (IRE) 11-1 (10-6) Led to 2nd, remained prominent, weakened after 4 out, 11th of 16, 26l behind Or Jaune (10-8) at Haydock 2m 4f nov hcp hdl (2) gd in Apr.
Lethem Air 11-1 (10-7) In touch, mistake and lost place 10th, no danger after, 7th of 10, 44l behind Contact Dancer (11-0) at Sedgefield 2m 4f nov chs (4) gf.
Cloudless Dawn 13-2 (11-1) In touch, chased leading trio from 8th, 4th and no chance when blundered 3 out, 5th of 9, 48l behind Penneyrose Bay (10-6) at Newbury 2m 6f mrs hcp chs (1) gd in Mar.
Lethem Present (IRE) 12-1 (11-2) Tracked leaders, weakened 10th, no danger after, 6th of 12, 42l behind Gee Aker Malayo (10-8) at Hexham 2m 4f hcp chs 0-95 (5) gf in Apr.
Callingwood (IRE) 50-1 (10-11) Jumped slowly 1st, in rear, lost touch 7th, trailed off when pulled up 4 out in race won by Bestofthebrownies (11-2) at Sedgefield 2m 4f beg chs (4) gf in Apr, 9 ran.
