in rear, ridden and ran on final furlong, never nearer
took keen hold, held up, ridden and headway 2f out, no impression final furlong
held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, ran on to go 2nd close home
took keen hold, tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden 1f out, stayed on
held up towards rear, ridden and kept on final furlong, never able to challenge
tracked leading pair, ridden to chase winner entering final furlong, lost 2nd near finish
led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
keen tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt, always in rear
mid-division, weakened 3f out
in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
Nonrunner
Woolston Ferry has every chance of landing back to back races with the form from his latest looking strong but we take a chance that KING CANUTE still has more to come so he gets the call instead while Guildenstern could run into the places. When the pick was a winner over course and distance on just his second run back from a lengthy break there seemed like there would be more to come. He ran a strong race behind the re-opposing Woolston Ferry next time before not finding the Fibresand to his liking on his last run, so now back to this track he should be capable off this mark and we take the chance he can find improvement. That said Woolston Ferry might still just hold him based on that last meeting and he was a relatively comfortable winner that day. He's up in the weights to the tune of four pounds and his previous form at this track is a little off putting. Guildenstern is a three time course and distance winner and was only beaten a head when two pounds better off last time so while the extra might prevent the score he looks booked to give his running. Castleburg dead-heated for the win on his latest outing and with the first two comfortable in that share of the spoils he could run a big race but in a real tough contest to judge we chance that there is more to come from King Canute.
Blue Charm 40-1 (9-2) Reared slightly leaving stalls, always behind, last of 10, 12l behind Mr Hichens (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar.
Castleburg 11-2 (8-8) Held up in mid-division, headway over 1f out, hard ridden and stayed on strongly to join leader post, won at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar deadheating with Roshina (8-13), 10 ran.
Ede's Dot Com (IRE) 9-4 (8-2) Held up in last place, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 8, 5l behind Print (8-13) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Teen Ager (FR) 10-1 (8-5) Reared start, keen held up, ridden and kept on final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 9, 4 1/2l behind Charlie Smirke (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Guildenstern (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Hampered start, snatched up and droped to rear, headway on inside over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, stayed on near finish, 2nd of 10, hd behind Equinity (8-8) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Mar.
December 14-1 (8-1) Led 1f, led again over 5f out, headed over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 21l behind Raptor (9-4) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) sft.
King Canute (IRE) 13-2 (9-1) Chased leaders, under pressure halfway, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 11, 15l behind Scruffy Skip (8-11) at Southwell 7f hcp (0-55) (6) fbs.
Shadow Bay (IRE) 12-1 (8-3) Held up in rear, driven and headway over 2f out, never able to challenge, 3rd of 8, 3 1/2l behind Aviso (9-4) at Yarmouth 7f hcp 0-65 (6) sft.
Warrior Nation (FR) 50-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, never dangerous, 9th of 10, 11l behind Musashi (9-1) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-60 (6) std in Mar.
Flamestone 12-1 (9-1) Mid-division, headway on inside 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, stayed on, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Lady Lam (9-2) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-50 (7) pol in Mar.
Cruise Control 8-1 (8-4) Held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, never dangerous, 7th of 9, 24l behind Sworn Tigress (8-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Mar.
Admiral Sandhoe (USA) 20-1 (9-4) With leader, led over 4f out, headed approaching 2f out, weakened quickly soon after, last of 19, 15l behind King's Colour (9-5) at Goodwood 7f hcp 0-70 (5) gd in Aug.
Woolston Ferry (IRE) 13-2 (9-1) Close up, effort over 2f out, headway to lead inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Mar beating Lopinot (9-4) by 1 3/4l, 10 ran.
Idle Power (IRE) 10-1 (8-1) Close up, outpaced halfway, not a danger after, 6th of 7, 9l behind Spitfire (9-4) at Folkestone 6f hcp 0-85 (4) hvy.
