prominent, took keen hold, every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
pulled hard and prominent early, held up in rear, ridden and effort over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, no impression
took keen hold, led over 1f, prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in rear, not clear run over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, ran on
prominent, led over 6f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
held up in touch, took keen hold, not clear run and hampered over 2f out, lost place soon after and no impression
chased leaders on outside, ridden over 2f out, edged left entering final furlong, stayed on
Two previous course and distance winners in Jewelled and Second To Nun line up for this contest and Spinning Ridge will attempt to reverse the result against Jewelled after losing out to her last month, but we prefer to side with the improving DARCEY. She has steadily improved so far this year and started the season by coming plum last, however in her last effort she finished second. By showing more development here she can be victorious. Jewelled beat Spinning Ridge over this trip and conditions here last month but she was benefitting by a disparity in the weights. In this contest they run off the same mark and they should be very close finishers today. Second To Nun has shown little since winning here more than a year ago but was much improved at this course earlier this month when only a length behind Seasonal Cross and is therefore worth noting. In this handicap we go with Darcey to get the victory.
Jewelled 13-2 (10-0) Steadied start, held up in rear, hampered on inside over 1f out, gap opened and headway soon after, held when hampered towards finish, 9th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Seasonal Cross (9-3) at Bath 1m fll hcp (5) gf.
Spinning Ridge (IRE) 11-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden and switched to outside over 1f out, kept on same pace, weakened towards finish, 9th of 10, 8l behind Critical Path (9-5) at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gd.
Ravi River (IRE) 33-1 (9-1) Towards rear on outside, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out, 9th of 10, 14l behind Space Station (9-7) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Darcey 25-1 (9-4) Took keen hold towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Silly Gilly (8-9) at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Macanta (USA) 6-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway on rail and squeezed through over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, not pace to trouble leaders, 6th of 12, 2 3/4l behind Leelu (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Second To Nun (IRE) 12-1 (8-6) Soon led, ridden and headed 1f out, kept on, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Seasonal Cross (9-3) at Bath 1m fll hcp (5) gf.
Superstitious Me (IRE) 25-1 (8-8) Tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 11, well behind Just Jimmy (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Nov.
Alright Chuck 200-1 (8-7) In touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 11, 21l behind Rocky's Pride (8-9) at Leicester 1m 2f clm stks (5) gf in May.
