chased leaders on inner, ridden over 2f out, no impression after
raced alone stand side, never a factor
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong
mid division, effort when not much room 2f out and again over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
made all, clear from 2f out, easily
hampered start, mid division, hampered 3f out, never dangerous after
chased winner, ridden 2f out, kept on, no impression
mid division, ridden halfway, ran on well final furlong, nearest at finish
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong
mid division, ridden and headway on inner over 2f out, staying on when not clear run inside last
slowly away, switched right and behind, never dangerous
mid division, effort halfway, never nearer
bumped start, mid division, ridden halfway, never on terms
went left start, always behind
chased leaders until halfway
A draw towards the far side is a big advantage over the five-furlong trip at Beverley so it is probably best to concentrate on those with a high draw with Rum Destiny preferred to Catch The Cat and Victoria Park. American Cousin, a stablemate of the last mentioned of that trio, has been done few favours with a draw in stall four and, but for that, would have gone close to being the selection. Loughlorien and Torrent are others that, but for their respective draws, would enter calculations but look drawn out of it. Victoria Park has solid claims from stall 14, if able to run up to his best form but is non too consistent and, while Cat The Cat has obvious claims having finished in the frame in each of his last three starts, John Wainwright's four-year-old has suffered at the hands of the handicapper as a result, going up a further 4lbs for his most recent effort. All in all, Rum Destiny looks the one to side with. A stable companion of Catch The Cat, the son of Mujadil could hardly be better berthed in stall 19 of the 20 runners, comes here on the back of his first win in two years and remains well treated.
