mid-division until weakened over 2f out
pressed leader, led over 4f out, hard ridden, headed 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden,headed 1f out, one pace final furlong
mid-division, effort on wide outside over 3f out, soon edged left under pressure, weakened over 1f out
led and set steady pace, headed over 4f out, soon weakened
in rear, some headway on inside over 1f out, soon ridden, beaten
behind, headway on inside 2f out, kept on final furlong, never able to challenge
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway under pressure over 3f out, kept on final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders
mid-division, weakened 3f out
keen hold, tracked leaders, hard ridden 3f out, soon weakened
close up until weakened 4f out
behind, headway under pressure 3f out, edged left under pressure 1f out, stayed on, not pace to reach leaders
in touch, weakened over 4f out, tailed off
Bosphorus can take what is little better than a seller, with Dear Sir and Leophin Dancer in with a shout also. The latter has the assistance of Lisa Jones who has only ridden Peter Hiatt's charge once before, when the combination were beaten a short head in a Catterick seller. Dear Sir meanwhile has only had five career outings, including a trip to Bangor over hurdles. he was made to look woefully one-paced in weak company at Goodwood last time and the fact that he gets a mention shows just how bad this contest is. Bosphorus has been plying his trade on the all-weather and did not run too badly at Wolverhampton the time before last. He is at least consistent and in an event in which bets are best kept to the very minimum, David Bridgewater's charge gets the vote.
