led, soon clear, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra
in touch, ridden 3f out, chased leader over 2f out, kept on one paced
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, no impression over 1f out
held up, ridden 4f out, never troubled leaders
held up, ridden 4f out, never troubled leaders
slow into stride, towards rear, ridden over 4f out, never dangerous
chased clear leader, ridden and weakened over 2f out
mid-division, pushed along 4f out, headway 3f out, ridden and led approaching final furlong, ran on
mid-division, lost place over 6 out, ridden over 4f out, headway final furlong, nearest finish
slow into stride, pulled hard, always behind
This should not take a great deal of winning, and Kirkham Abbey is the pick over Arms Acrossthesea, with only Lyrical Way of the rest making any sort of appeal. Most of those further down the handicap are either out of form or lacking an outing, so Kirkham Abbey should make a bold bid to make amends for his defeat at Ayr 11 days ago. The Michael Jarvis-trained four-year-old was too keen when trying to make all at the Scottish track and it was no surprise when he faded. That was his first outing since he signed off with a win at Redcar last October though and he will strip fitter here. The drop in grade should help as well and he can take the beating. Arms Acrossthesea lines up in search of a hat-trick after victories at Redcar and Wolverhampton. The latter success was gained on his first outing for his new stable, and as he is not badly treated on form of old, they can expect some fun with him. Polytrack winner Lyrical Way was a fair seventh at Kempton on his return to Turf, and makes more appeal than Kyle of Lochalsh who has an absence to overcome. If Kevin Darley can get Kirkham Abbey to settle though, he can take Peter Savill's colours into the winner's enclosure.
