pulled hard, led 3f, chased leaders, weakened quickly 3f out, tailed off
chased leader, chased winner and every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home
chased leaders, challenged 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
steadied start, held up in touch in last pair, headway 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, led inside final furlong kept on
took keen hold, tracked leaders, led 5f out until ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in touch in last pair, headway 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, kept on
BACK TO BOND has slipped down the weights since winning a maiden race back in May and has every chance on these terms. Richard Fahey’s charge still has plenty to spare with Mr Lucas despite an apprentice taking 5lb off the latter. The remainder are even harder to fancy in their current poor form though Scruffy Mcguffy was having his first start of the year when well beaten at Hamilton and may finish closer today.
Olympus Mons (FR) 33-1 (9-1) Tracked leader, weakened over 3f out, last of 10, dist behind Stetchworth Park (9-1) at Catterick 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd in Jul.
Back To Bond 22-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, lost place 5f out, well beaten final 3f, 7th of 9, 19l behind Cote d'Azur (9-12) at York 1m 1f hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Mr Lucas (IRE) 33-1 (8-2) Keen tracked leader, ridden 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 10, 2 1/4l behind Imperial State (9-13) at Thirsk 1m hcp (5) gs in Jul.
Scruffy Mcguffy 25-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 13, 15 3/4l behind Galilee Chapel (8-12) at Hamilton 1m hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Colombe Bleu 33-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 10, 10 1/2l behind King's Currency (8-6) at Doncaster 6f hcp (5) gs in Jun.
Intalza (IRE) 10-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 14, 12 3/4l behind Jocks Wa Hae (8-2) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (6) gs in Jun.