slowly away, held up, headway from 4f out, led entering final two furlongs, pushed along entering final furlong, asserted inside final 110 yards, always doing enough near finish
held up, headway from 5f out, pushed along 4f out, switched left to press leader entering final three furlongs, ridden from 2f out, still every chance entering final furlong, unable to quicken inside final 110 yards
prominent, chased leader 5f out, pushed along 4f out, soon ridden, dropped to last when weakening entering final two furlongs, kept on one pace near finish
reared leaving stalls but lost little ground, settled in rear early, headway on near-side rail from 3f out, chased leaders between horses entering final two furlongs, ridden inside final furlong, no extra near finish
led, set good tempo to 5f out, pushed along when headed 3f out, soon weakened
prominent, raced keenly to halfway, travelling well when led 3f out, pushed along when headed entering final two furlongs, gradually lost ground and weakened inside final furlong
Bristol Hill has won two of his last three outings on Tapeta but is upped in class while Wolf Of Oxshott went close at Wolverhampton on his debut for a new yard. Citizen General landed a double over track and trip last autumn while APPIER won over course and distance in September and placed off today’s mark at Pontefract on his reappearance. The latter gets the vote with Sean Woods’ yard back among the winners recently.
Appier (IRE) 10-1 (10-1) Towards rear, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ran on, not reach leaders, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Claritudo (9-7) at Pontefract 1m 4f hcp (5) sft in Apr.
Citizen General (IRE) 11-2 (9-11) Held up off the pace towards rear, some headway near side, 7th of 10, 9 1/2l behind Down To The Kid (9-4) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Gold Arch 16-1 (9-9) Off the pace towards rear, stayed on inside in home straight, never a factor, 9th of 11, 16 1/2l behind Notimeforanother (9-9) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Wolf Of Oxshott 17-2 (9-3) Held up last, pushed along 4f out, switched right turning in, headway out wide over 1f out, stayed on well towards finish, not reach winner, 2nd of 6, hd behind Johnny Boom (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Heatherdown Hero 11-1 (9-9) Soon led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 12l behind Broctune Red (9-6) at Newcastle 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Bristol Hill (IRE) 10-3 (9-9) In touch, headway 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr beating Carlos Felix (9-11) by nk, 7 ran.
