keen close up, headway to chase winner over 2f out, ridden and no impression final furlong
dwelt close up in rear, ridden 3f out, not trouble leaders
raced wide keen close up, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd post
tracked winner until ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
close up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, one pace final furlong, lost 3rd post
made all, ridden 2f out, flashed tail final furlong, ran on
Hold Hands has been placed in a couple of maidens this year but didn't run very well last time at Salisbury. Sakhalin Star finished ahead of We'll Shake Hands at Ayr last month and only found one too good last time at Nottingham so enters calculations. Miningrocks hasn't been disgraced in a couple of recent races at Nottingham but SCENT OF POWER followed up victory here in a seller with an even better effort in a claimer and probably wouldn't need much more to take this.
Critical Speed (IRE) 50-1 (9-9) Held up in rear, ridden on outside 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no impression on leaders, 6th of 9, 7 1/2l behind Banish (9-2) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in May.
Hold Hands 12-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 12, 17 1/4l behind Sovereign Parade (8-13) at Salisbury 1m 2f mdn fll stks (5) gs in May.
Sakhalin Star (IRE) 9-2 (9-7) Taken to post early, held up headway 3f out, ridden to chase clear winner approaching final furlong, no impression, 2nd of 11, 3 1/2l behind Mujazif (9-7) at Nottingham 1m hcp (6) sft in Jun.
Bognor (USA) 20-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 16 1/2l behind Mujazif (9-7) at Nottingham 1m hcp (6) sft in Jun.
Scent Of Power 7-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 7, hd behind Senza Una Donna (9-1) at Leicester 1m 2f stks (6) sft in Jun.
Miningrocks (FR) 14-1 (9-2) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 7th of 14, 5 1/4l behind Vastly (9-0) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) gf in Jun.
We'll Shake Hands (FR) 7-1 (9-7) Chased leaders 8f, 7th of 8, 15 1/4l behind Cymraeg Bounty (9-5) at Ayr 1m 2f hcp (5) gs in May.
