held up in rear, took keen hold, headway and hung right over 6f out, ran wide and weakened over 3f out
made all, drew clear inside final 3f, ran on well, edged right close home
in rear, pushed along over 3f out, stayed on final 2f, never nearer
mid-division, headway 8f out, hampered over 3f out, no impression after
in touch, pushed along 8f out, outpaced when bumped over 3f out, soon weakened
tracked winner, ridden over 6f out, weakening when hampered over 3f out
held up towards rear, headway on outside over 3f out, hung left and weakened 2f out
tracked leaders, chased winner over 3f out, soon no impression
held up towards rear, headway on inside over 3f out, soon went 3rd, weakened over 1f out
Nonobu has improved in both of her two starts so far over today's trip whilst Mr Jay Dee has placed in each of his three starts, but we go for the winning form of THOMAS BELL who won by half a length last time out. The pick finished the race very well and has come on leaps and bounds since debut at Stratford. Having shown such improvement between those two races and the potential for him to have developed again, we side with John O'Shea's gelding in this contest. Nonobu has also shown she is progressing with her last run at Worcester far better than her first time out. Mr Jay Dee was three lengths behind the winner when placing third last time. He didn't quite have enough to challenge in the final furlong in that run and with a furlong less to travel today he is perhaps the biggest danger to our selection, Thomas Bell.
Thomas Bell (IRE) 50-1 (10-9) Held up in rear, headway over 8f out, switched right over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven out, won at Worcester 2m NH flat (6) gf in Jun beating Jump Up (10-13) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Mr Jay Dee (IRE) 9-2 (11-2) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on, 3rd of 14, 3l behind Freddie Brown (11-2) at Kelso 2m NH flat (6) gf in May.
Teals Star Gods Solution gelding out of Morcat.
Bullring (FR) 3-1 (10-12) In touch in chasing group, behind final 5f, 10th of 14, 33l behind Jaques Vert (10-12) at Warwick 1m 6f 3yo nhf (5) gd in Nov.
Two Mile Borris (IRE) 18-1 (10-8) Towards rear, struggling 5f out, never on terms, 9th of 12, 32l behind Mercury Bay (11-4) at Stratford 2m NH flat (5) gf in Jun.
Little Justice 20-1 (10-10) Held up towards rear, struggling 5f out, never near leaders, 6th of 13, 33l behind Black Annie (10-10) at Market Rasen 2m 1f NH flat (5) gf in Jun.
St Enoder 25-1 (10-9) Behind, headway 6f out, chased leaders 4f out, one pace final 2f, 5th of 14, 19l behind Midnight Macarena (10-9) at Fontwell 2m 2f NH flat (6) gd in Jun.
Helena Of Troy 33-1 (10-9) Led, headed over 10f out, remained handy, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 13, 25l behind With Grace (11-0) at Southwell 2m N H flat (6) gd in Jun.
Nonobu (UAE) 16-1 (10-5) Held up towards rear, headway approaching 3 out ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Osmosia (10-7) at Worcester 2m NH flat (6) gf.
Treasure's Girl Weet-a-minute mare out of Trecento.
