held up and well off the pace, headway 8th, quickened into lead approaching last, driven clear flat
held up in rear and well off the pace, headway 8th, tracked leader 3 out led approaching 2 out, ridden and headed approaching last, no extra flat
led, clear from 3rd, hit 6th, pushed along 8th, headed next, weakened quickly 3 out
chased leaders, led 9th, headed approaching 2 out and soon outpaced
mistake 1st, prominent to 6th, tailed off and pulled up before 9th
held up and well off the pace, mistake 5th, ridden and struggling from 8th, tailed off and blundered 2 out
pulled hard early, held up and well off the pace, headway 5th, weakened before 9th, tailed off
This is the most valuable event on the card and His Nibs can give weight and a beating to his seven rivals, the best of which may be Joshua's Bay and Commanche General. Venetia Williams trains this lightly raced six-year-old who has just two modest Folkestone victories under his belt. However he wasn't disgraced in some decent handicaps last season and today¿s opposition doesn¿t appear to be that strong. Joshua's Bay fell at the final flight at Cheltenham last time, but was well held at the time, prior to that he was an impressive winner of a moderate event at Plumpton and must rate a big danger. Commanche General was also impressive in an ordinary race at Market Rasen back in March, but on this occasion His Nibs is expected to lord it over his rivals.
