prominent for 4f
slowly into stride, always in rear
prominent, ridden and weakened 2f out
dwelt, held up, switched left and headway over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden and weakened 3f out
in touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, always behind
held up, mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon behind
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, pushed out
behind and pushed along, headway final 2f, not trouble leaders
slowly into stride, always in rear
mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon struggling
held up mid-division, not much room over 6f out, headway 4f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
held up in touch, ridden and headway 2f out, one pace final furlong
led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong
prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
always in rear
A weak race, despite the big field, and My Sharp Grey looks the one they all have to beat; Berkeley Hall, El Pedro and Peter the Great have place claims. My Sharp Grey is still a maiden after 20 tries, but there are a lot of those in this race, and she ran well enough when chasing home Loner in a similar event at Warwick last time, with Harmony Hall fourth and Berkeley Hall back in sixth place, and a reproduction of that effort should just about be good enough here. Berkeley Hall had shown better form earlier when placed at Nottingham, and it would not be the biggest surprise in the world if she reversed the form. El Pedro, although beaten a long way, was third in a better race at Lingfield last time and is another with claims, while Peter the Great showed better form in cheekpieces last time, has been dropped eight pounds since then and the booking of Seb Sanders catches the eye. It would be no surprise to see him go close in a race like this, but My Sharp Grey is just preferred.
