held up in rear, weakened over 2f out
always behind
held up towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, soon outpaced, kept on well closing stages, never a threat
always prominent, took keen hold, driven to challenge over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, never reached winner
made all, set steady pace until quickened over 2f out, hung right inside final furlong, hard ridden, stayed on well
pulled hard in touch, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
pulled hard in mid-division, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
pulled hard in touch, lost place well over 2f out, soon behind, eased over 1f out, virtually pulled up
prominent, hard driven to challenge well over 1f out, faded final furlong
slowly into stride, chased leaders, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
Cornborough won over hurdles in October and had earlier been placed on the Flat off similar marks to today. Sakhalin Star finished just ahead of Sands Chorus when third at Wolverhampton last month and they are hard to separate while BREATHLESS was claimed after winning a plating race at Southwell for Andrew Balding. Lightly raced, the four-year-old may find the improvement necessary to land this. Ice Slice is back on a winning mark as he returns to action and maiden winner Tafahom has joined Mick Easterby.
Handheld 14-1 (9-3) Held up, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 10, 11 1/4l behind Green Light (9-7) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (4) sft in May.
Tafahom (IRE) 10-1 (8-2) Slowly away, always behind, weakened over 2f out, last of 6, 10 1/2l behind Oracolo (8-8) at Doncaster 1m hcp (3) gf in Jun.
Ice Slice (IRE) 6-1fav (8-13) Always towards rear, never involved, 9th of 14, 6 1/4l behind Two Moons (9-0) at Nottingham 1m hcp (4) hvy in Oct.
Lopes Dancer (IRE) 8-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 7, 13 3/4l behind Gerry The Glover (9-7) at Newcastle 1m hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Sands Chorus 5-1 (9-4) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, 4th of 8, 3l behind Tangramm (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Cornborough 6-4 (11-5) Tracked leading pair, driven when hit 2 out, plugged on same pace, no chance with front pair, 3rd of 8, 22 3/4l behind Road To Gold (10-12) at Kelso 2m (4) hvy in Dec.
Sakhalin Star (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders in 4th, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Tangramm (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Breathless 9-2 (8-8) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Southwell 1m stks (6) pol in Mar beating Limerick Lord (8-10) by 2l, 9 ran.
Adventureman 25-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 14, 13 1/2l behind Star Of The Stage (9-4) at Southwell 1m hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Mops Angel 8-1 (9-1) Raced keenly, chased leaders, led briefly inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 5th of 8, 1 1/4l behind Binky Blue (9-5) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp fll (5) pol in Mar.
