held up behind, hard ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, eased final furlong
held up towards rear, headway and in touch over 2f out, soon under pressure and weakened, eased inside final furlong
in touch, effort 2f out, ridden and not quicken over 1f out
in touch, ridden and effort over 1f out, no impression final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened from 2f out
steadied start, settled in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on from over 1f out, not reach leaders
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, ran on, not pace of winner
steadied start, settled in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, clear final furlong, ridden out
took keen hold towards rear, outpaced final 2f, never dangerous
mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened from 2f out
led until headed over 2f out, soon lost place and weakened
in touch, ridden 2f out, soon hung left, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
Nonrunner
In another tricky contest, we will side with Drumming Party ahead of Coranglais and Bens Georgie. The one-eyed Drumming Party was unlucky to have been disqualified after winning at Nottingham two runs ago and proved that to be no fluke when running well at the same track last time. With a very good draw today, he can go well in a bid to gain a deserved success. A return to his best sprinting form of 2004 would give Hollow Jo a chance, while Chatshow is well-weighted based on his course and distance win of a year ago. Diamond Katie is well-weighted based on her winning form of last summer, as is Caustic Wit on his course and distance winning form of two years ago. There must be an echo in here for Savile's Delight is also well-weighted based on form of around 12 months ago, while Full Spate often runs well here and is not too badly weighted. Bens Georgie is lightly raced and open to improvement and often knocks at the door so cannot be ruled out, Perfect Solution is another lightly-raced potential improver, while Hard To Catch is on a fair mark if having one of his better days. Blessed Place needs to find some improvement on Turf to win, although he comes here in good heart and Coranglais is well-weighted on form of around a year ago - now where have I heard that before? - and, all joking aside, comes into this race in good heart, so is respected. With a number of the others seeming best on the all-weather, we return to the selection, which is Drumming Party.
Hollow Jo 4-1 (8-13) Keen, chased leaders, headway to lead 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 6l behind Bee Stinger (8-11) at Lingfield 1m hcap (5) pol in May.
Caustic Wit (IRE) 20-1 (9-9) Mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not trouble winner, 2nd of 13, 2l behind Mystery Pips (9-9) at W'hampton 5f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Louphole 12-1 (9-9) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, hung left inside final furlong, one pace towards finish, 3rd of 16, 2l behind Dunn Deal (9-13) at Warwick 5f hcap (6) gf in May.
Savile's Delight (IRE) 20-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, soon prominent, ridden and weakened 2f out, 14th of 15, 19l behind Digital (9-12) at Bath 6f hcap (5) sft in May.
Full Spate 16-1 (8-5) Dwelt, keen hold, soon chased leaders, weakened over 2f out, 14th of 15, 16l behind Adantino (8-6) at Windsor 6f app hcp (5) gf in Apr.
Blessed Place 6-1 (8-9) Made all, quickened 2f out, held on well final furlong, won at W'hampton 5f banded stk (7) pol in Oct beating Desert Light (8-10) by 3/4l, 13 ran.
Drumming Party (USA) 4-1 (8-13) Chased leaders far side, ridden over 2f out, hung badly right and joined stands' side group over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 16, 4 1/2l behind Joy And Pain (8-5) at Nottingham 6f app hcp (6) gf in May.
Nan Jan 50-1 (8-10) Raced centre, always towards rear, 15th of 16, 30l behind Rain Stops Play (9-1) at Newmarket 1m hcp 0-75 (5) sft in May.
