in touch, driven on inside 2f out, soon hung left, no impression
raced keenly, prominent, ran on under pressure to lead near finish
in touch on outside, kept on under pressure final furlong
chased leaders until weakened over 1f out
close up, ridden halfway, weakened inside final 2f
outpaced and never a factor
led to 4f out, pressed leader, ridden to regain lead 1f out, caught near finish
led 4f out, headed 1f out, kept on under pressure
reared start, pulled hard in rear, never reached leaders
behind, driven halfway, kept on final furlong nearest finish
From a shortlist of Flying Tackle, Law Maker, Stagnite and Enjoy The Buzz, we will side with Flying Tackle. Flying Tackle is now only a pound above the mark from which he won at Bath last July, and he looked like he was coming to hand last time. As such, he gets our vote in the finale. Law Maker has been doing well on the all-weather of late and, back to a reasonable Turf mark, could well go well. Stagnite loves it here and remains very competitive from his current mark, but Fly More is in decline. Enjoy The Buzz is on a roll, having won twice in the last seven days and, clearly in good heart, a good run is expected again. Finally, Redwood Place is capable of getting among the money from his current mark, although we prefer others, It's a while since Tomthevic won, although he showed a little more here last time, and Taboor is now back to just two pounds above a winning mark and will have various items of head and mouth gear to help him along today. That said, they will need to bring about improvement on recent efforts and, for the winner, we return to Flying Tackle.
Taboor (IRE) 15-2 (9-12) Always in rear, 13th of 15, 6l behind Enjoy The Buzz (9-6) at Brighton 6f hcp (6) gf.
Redwood Star 7-2co-fav (8-12) Slowly into stride, in rear, outpaced after 2f, stayed on final furlong nearest finish, 5th of 6, 3 1/2l behind Come Away With Me (9-1) at Lingfield 5f fll hcp (5) gf in May.
Enjoy The Buzz 4-1jt-fav (9-11) Tracked stands' side leaders going well, ridden over 1f out, kept on to lead final 75 yards, won at Folkestone 5f hcp (6) gf beating Playtime Blue (9-11) by a hd, 12 ran.
Flying Tackle 16-1 (9-1) Mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, not quicken final furlong, 5th of 17, 3 1/2l behind Ballybunion (9-0) at Carlisle 5f stk (7) gf in May.
Global Achiever 20-1 (8-4) Towards rear on outside when stumbled over 3f out and unseated rider in race won by Fair Compton (9-4) at Brighton 6f hcp (6) frm in May, 14 ran.
Stagnite 7-1 (9-1) Raced wide in touch, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 15, 1 1/2l behind Enjoy The Buzz (9-6) at Brighton 6f hcp (6) gf.
Law Maker 7-1 (9-7) Chased leader, challenged going well 2f out, led approaching final furlong, driven out, won at Lingfield 6f stk (7) pol in Apr beating Blessed Place (9-7) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Tomthevic 12-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden and headway when switched left over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 5th of 14, 4l behind American Cousin (9-3) at Beverley 5f stk (7) gf in May.
