towards rear, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, hanging left over 1f out, chased winner 1f out, no extra and lost 2nd inside final furlong
tracked leader, not clear run on rail 2f out, effort on inner when clear over 1f out, no extra and one pace final furlong
tracked leaders, effort 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, one pace
took keen hold in mid-division, ridden and slightly outpaced over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never near to challenge
led, headed over 2f out, stayed pressing winner until lost 2nd 1f out, faded inside final furlong
mid-division, headway and chased leading pair 3f out, shaken up and led over 2f out, ran on, driven out, just held on
held up last, still in rear over 1f out, headway on outer 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, just failed
towards rear, ridden and no impression well over 1f out, weakened final furlong
CASTELLINA has an outstanding chance at these weights and gets the nod ahead of Moonlight Man and Polish Power. The Eddie Creighton-trained selection appears to go on any surface and put in a very good performance in context when runner up in a Chepstow claimer last time out. This trip looks to be ideal and a reproduction of that run would make her very tough to beat in receipt of weight from all her rivals here. Moonlight Man won a Beverley handicap off 73 last June, the trip being a mile on that occasion, and Conor Dore has kept him to around that distance since. His best effort of late was in this grade at Southwell last time and he is worth a try back over this far with stamina on his dam¿s side, so he is not ruled out. Polish Power gets every yard and more of today¿s trip and loves it around here. He would need a searching gallop to be seen to best effect and if he gets that he will be bang there. Cactus King looks best of the rest with first-time headgear but has thus far been unconvincing beyond a mile and we prefer the claims of Castellina.
Alpes Maritimes 16-1 (8-6) Held up in rear, pushed along over 4f out, no chance final 3f, 6th of 8, 10l behind Martyr (9-1) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Jebel Ali (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) In touch, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 10, 5l behind Krugerrand (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcap (5) gs in Aug.
Tried And True (FR) 28-1 (9-8) Pulled hard early, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 4l behind Serious Impact (9-13) at Leicester 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gf in Apr.
Cactus King 11-4 (8-11) Held up in 4th, ridden and went 3rd 4f out, hung left and struggling final 2f, 3rd of 6, 15l behind Western Roots (8-5) at Brighton 1m 2f clm stks (6) gd in Apr.
Moonlight Man 11-2 (8-12) Chased leaders, driven over 3f out, hard ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Royal Dignitary (9-7) at Southwell 1m clm stks (6) fbs.
Polish Power (GER) 11-1 (9-2) Towards rear, ridden along 4f out, some late headway but never reached challenging position, 5th of 9, 6l behind Empowered (9-4) at Doncaster 1m 2f app hcp (0-85) (4yo+) (4) gd.
Clipperdown (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) Steadied start, held up, ridden and no impression 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, last of 7, 9l behind Annabelle's Charm (8-13) at Folkestone 1m 2f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Apr.
Castellina 4-1 (8-0) Tracked leaders, closer order 3f out, chased leader soon after, every chance approaching final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 11, 2l behind Gross Prophet (9-11) at Chepstow 1m 2f clm stks (6) gf.
