slowly into stride, held up, headway 4f out, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
held up rear, headway 4f out, challenged leader over 1f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, ridden and lost place 4f out
mid-division, ridden 4f out, soon behind
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, came stands side, hung left from over 1f out, kept on
led, headed after 1f, settled in mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong
tracked leaders, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no impression
led after 1f, ridden and weakening when headed over 2 out
Fiveoclock Express has an obvious chance on these terms and is selected ahead of Prairie Law and Esperance. The last named is capable at this level on his day and should again make a good race of it. However, he is very hard to win with and needs everything to drop just right for him. Therefore, a bigger threat is expected to be posed by Prairie Law, who was on good terms with himself when he won a similar contest at Redcar earlier in the month. Still, that was his first success since he arrived here from Germany last year and he does not strike as one to be going overboard about in his follow up bid. Therefore, we stick with Fiveoclock Express, who goes very well here, has an excellent chance at the weights and looks easily the most reliable option in a very weak seller.
Esperance (IRE) 9-1 (8-9) Slowly away, behind, driven and beaten 3f out, 12th of 14, 9l behind Captain Cloudy (9-2) at Folkestone 1m 2f hcp (6) gf.
Fiveoclock Express (IRE) 6-1 (9-5) Mid-division, outpaced and behind 2f out, stayed on from over 1f out to chase leaders, no extra, 4th of 11, 4l behind Del Mar Sunset (9-12) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp (5) gf.
Prairie Law (GER) 5-1 (9-4) Tracked leader, led over 7f out, driven along over 2f out, ridden and kept on gamely final furlong, won at Redcar 1m 3f sll (6) gf beating Marcus Eile (9-7) by 2l, 11 ran.
Gameset'n'match 7-1 (9-7) Chased leaders, ridden and hung right over 1f out, ran on close home, 4th of 15, nk behind Get To The Point (8-11) at Yarmouth 1m sll hcp (6) gd.
Oh Sunny Boy (IRE) 20-1 (10-7) Prominent, ridden over 5f out, behind final 2f, 18th of 20, 33l behind Mythical Charm (11-1) at Goodwood 1m amt hcp (6) gf.
River of Diamonds 25-1 (9-3) Prominent, ridden 5f out, weakened over 3f out, 11th of 12, 40l behind Shush (9-8) at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Jun.
Louve Heureuse (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 15, 19l behind Platinum Charmer (7-10) at Warwick 1m 3f app hcp (6) gf in Jun.
Ninah 40-1 (9-0) With leader for 3f, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 10, 16l behind Midcap (8-9) at Chepstow 7f mdn stk (5) gf.
