chased leaders, chased winner after 3 out, 3rd and weakening when mistake 2 out
not jump well, chased leading pair until approaching 6th, weakened before 3 out
held up, headway approaching 6th, nudged along 3 out, lost ground on leaders approaching 2 out and no danger after
keen in mid-division, not fluent 3rd, mistake 5th, ridden approaching next, weakened before 3 out
soon steadied and held up, mistake 4th, headway after 6th, stayed on to go 3rd just after 2 out, no danger
mid-division, headway approaching 6th, chased winner before 2 out, stayed on
mid-division, ridden after 4 out, no impression
took keen hold in mid-division, behind from 6th, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
chased leaders, hit 2nd, went 2nd before 6th, led after 3 out, stayed on well from 2 out
ridden 5th, always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out
Oenologue. Black And Tan and Flinders Bay look the three to concentrate on here and the vote is given to Oenologue. The selection won well when last seen winning in his native France. He appears to have been found an easy opportunity on his british debut and he is taken to win this before going on to better things. Black And Tan rates the main danger on his latest second behind Mrs Rock but that was over a longer trip and the drop in distance has to be of concern. Flinders Bay is another that could go well on his best form but the suspicion is he may just need the run after a 577 day abscence. Of the remainder Slickis from a shrewd yard and should be noted in the market but for the winner we are happy to return to Oenologue.
Oenologue (FR) (10-3) Held up going well, improved to lead last, ran on strongly, won at Auteuil 2m 1f stk in May beating Olivier Des Champs (10-3) by 3l, 15 ran.
Black And Tan (IRE) 7-4 (11-0) Always prominent, chased winner 4 out, kept on well flat, 2nd of 14, 2 1/2l behind Mars Rock (10-9) at Chepstow 2m 4f nh nov hdl (4) gs in Apr.
Flinders Bay (IRE) 5-4fav (11-4) In touch, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 7l behind Brave Rebellion (11-4) at Huntingdon 2m nhf (H) gf in Mar '05.
Kalamazoo (IRE) 5-1 (11-5) Chased leaders until weakened over 4f out, tailed off, 7th of 12, well behind Paix Eternelle (10-12) at Fontwell 2m 2f mdn nhf (6) hvy in Feb.
Niver Bai (FR) 5-4fav (11-7) Held up, some progress 6f out, chased leaders 3f out, weakened soon after, 7th of 14, 22l behind Delena (11-0) at Taunton 2m 1f mdn nhf (6) gs in Mar.
Ordre de Bataille (FR) 10-1 (10-10) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 12th of 20, 34l behind Bleak House (10-10) at Haydock 2m nhf (6) gs in Apr.
Slick (FR) 9-1 (11-3) In touch, weakened 5th, soon well behind, 7th of 9, 48l behind Ken's Dream (11-3) at Plumpton 2m mdn hdl (4) gs in Apr.
Young Guns (IRE) 7-2 (10-12) Prominent, jumped slowly 1st and 3 out, chased leaders after 3 out, effort 2 out, one pace, 3rd of 4, 15l behind Vintage Fabric (10-10) at N Abbot 2m 3f nh nov hdl (4) gf in Aug.
