slowly into stride, in rear, outpaced over 2f out
pulled hard, prominent, chased winner over 1f out, kept on and no impression
slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along and weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong
tracked leader, led 3f out, quickened clear from 1f out, stayed on strongly
held up towards rear, headway on outer over 2f out, faded final furlong
led, headed 3f out, pushed along and weakend over 2f out
held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 3rd inside final furlong
Nonrunner
Colin Teague's Lees Anthem deserves to get his head in front having found one too good in each of his three starts since winning at Musselburgh in April but he may have to settle for minor honours again racing off the same mark as last time and it may be worth siding with MY ONE WEAKNESS, who gets the verdict ahead of Patch Patch. The Michael Dods-trained gelding stepped up from previous form this term when successful at Ayr last month and he has solid claims racing off just a 2lb higher mark today. Jack Luey ran better than expected over course and distance last time and has claims off the same mark, while Kevin Ryan's Perfect Blossom seems too high in the weights following his win two starts ago. Noel Wilson's Ya Boy Sir is likely to find this tougher than the race that he won at Musselburgh last week but he can race off the same mark as that was an apprentices' contest and he escapes a penalty so has to be considered. Marginal preference though is for Brian Ellison's My One Weakness, who may be worth siding with on his reappearance having won well on his final start as a juvenile when successful at Ayr and he looks worth siding with off just a 5lb higher mark today.
My One Weakness (IRE) 9-1 (7-13) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, led briefly inside final furlong, hard ridden and rallied to regain lead close home, won at Ayr 6f 2yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Sep beating Mister Hughie (8-13) by hd, 11 ran.
Patch Patch 11-2 (9-7) Pulled hard early, tracked leaders, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on to lead towards finish, won at Ayr 5f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf in May beating Classlin (8-6) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Six Wives 16-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, effort over 1f out, soon one pace, last of 6, 7l behind Clifton Bridge (9-6) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Jan.
Lees Anthem 10-3 (9-4) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Ya Boy Sir (8-7) at Musselburgh 5f 3yo app hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Perfect Blossom 10-3 (9-0) Raced far side, led that group until ridden 2f out, kept on one pace, 6th of 16, 9l behind Micky P (9-1) at Leicester 6f 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gf.
Ya Boy Sir (IRE) 11-2 (8-7) Tracked leaders, not clear run over 1f out, gap opened and came through to lead entering final furlong, ran on well, pushed out, won at Musselburgh 5f 3yo app hcp 0-70 (5) gd beating Lees Anthem (9-4) by 2 3/4l, 8 ran.
Fine And Dandie (IRE) 16-1 (8-5) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 12, 12l behind Helping Hand (8-7) at Beverley 5f app hcp 0-55 (6) gf.
Classlin 4-1 (7-11) Held up in rear, under pressure halfway, soon beaten, 6th of 9, 6l behind Bateleur (9-3) at Ayr 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Melody In The Mist (FR) 16-1 (8-13) Hampered start, towards rear, some headway over 1f out, no impression, 8th of 11, 5l behind Commanche Raider (9-7) at Newcastle 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Jack Luey 25-1 (8-8) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish, no extra, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Commanche Raider (9-7) at Newcastle 5f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
