held up in rear and keen, headway on inside over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, not clear run inside final furlong, not recover
in touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out
mid-division, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, one pace
steadied start, keen in rear, ridden and headway over 3f out, kept on
towards rear, ridden and not clear run over 2f out, no further impression
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened
never a factor
with leader, every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up rear, some late progress
slowly into stride, ridden for headway on outside over 2 f out, one pace
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded close home
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
held up mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on
towards rear, effort over 3f out, no impression
Adobe can follow up on his recent Warwick win at the expense of Border Artist, Voice Mail and Lockstock. Adobe has been a long time favourite to many over the years and always wins his races year in and year out. Now at the age of eleven and with one hundred and forty nine runs under his belt and seventeen wins he bids for yet another. Connections feel that he is fairly treated with a six pound penalty rather than wait to be re assed so he is the one they all have to beat. Border Artist has been in great form this season without getting his head in front. His last effort though caught the eye when finishing second to Ivory Lace at Brighton when only going down by half a length. With that in mind he is to be noted in the market. Voice Mail carries top weight and can be quirky at times. He ran well to finish a close second on his penultimate run but failed to capitalize on that when finishing nearer last than first at Leicester last time out and for that reason is to be treated with caution. Locally trained Lockstock has Richard Hughes booked to ride and his form reads good enough to win a race of this standard so is one to note. But for the winner we return to Adobe.
Voice Mail 14-1 (9-4) Held up towards rear, not trouble leaders, 8th of 10, 8l behind Snowed Under (9-5) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) gf.
Deeper In Debt 8-1 (8-8) Mid-division, effort 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Blue Java (8-8) at Goodwood 7f hcp 0-80 (4) gd.
The Gaikwar (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Towards rear, ridden and weakened 3f out, last of 11, 11l behind Bold Diktator (9-5) at Bath 1m hcp 0-70 (5) frm.
Adobe 25-1 (10-10) Held up behind, headway over 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Warwick 1m amt hcp (6) gf beating Fantasy Defender (10-2) by 1 1/2l, 17 ran.
Lockstock (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 3l behind Cottingham (9-10) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcap (6) pol.
Wind Chime (IRE) 9-1 (8-10) In touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 9l behind Bold Diktator (9-5) at Bath 1m hcp 0-70 (5) frm.
Border Artist 13-2 (7-13) Held up, ridden 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on to take 2nd final 100 yards, not reach winner, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Ivory Lace (9-0) at Brighton 7f hcp 0-70 (5) frm.
Start of Authority 6-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway 2f out, kept on, not trouble leading pair, 3rd of 14, 3l behind Extemporise (8-11) at Kempton 7f banded stk (7) pol in May.
