held up, headway approaching 3 out, soon ridden, beaten when blundered last
in touch, ridden and headway approaching 3 out, blundered 2 out, weakened flat
chased leaders, ridden to lead approaching 3 out, headed flat, ran on
mid-division, headway approaching 5th, weakened after 6th
held up, headway approaching 6th, weakened approaching 3 out
mid-division, pushed along after 5th, ridden and headway approaching 3 out, led flat, driven out.
led, ridden and headed approaching 3 out, blundered 2 out, soon weakened
prominent, outpaced approaching 3 out, kept on flat
behind, headway after 4 out, weakened 2 out
mid-division, ridden after 6th, soon behind
held up, headway 6th, ridden approaching 2 out, not quickened flat
Absolut Power has to be the pick at the weights here and can beat New Currency and Little Rort. Jonathan Geake's four-year-old has just had three outings and is now qualified to run in handicaps. He's chased home some decent performers including Redi and Mr Dinglawi and with improvement expected he will be hard to beat today. New Currency returns from a a four month break after disappointing here in January. His earlier form is quite decent and if refreshed from his holiday should be in the shake up. Meanwhile Little Rort stayed on gamely to beat Dash For Cover at Towcester last time and must also enter calculations. Salinas has run with credit on numerous occasions and looks the pick of the remainder, but our idea of the winner is the progressive Absolut Power.
Gentle Beau 5-1 Chased leaders, mistake 3 out, soon weakened, 8th of 15, 35l behind Hail The King at Wincanton 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gd in Apr.
New Currency (USA) 14-1 Held up rear, headway 6th, ridden and weakened 3 out, 9th of 18, 34l behind Shady Anne at Ludlow 2m amt nov hcp hdl (E) gs in Jan.
Absolut Power (GER) 11-2 In touch, chased leader 6th, every chance 2 out, weakened last, 5th of 15, 6l behind Pass Me A Dime at Chepstow 2m 4f mdn hdl (E) gs in Feb.
Salinas (GER) 12-1 Tracked leaders, led 3 out, ridden and headed approaching 2 out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 15, 4 1/2l behind Hail The King at Wincanton 2m cnd hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gd in Apr.
Wages 20-1 In touch, headway 5th, led 2 out, ridden and headed last, lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 13, 5l behind Golden Chalice at Taunton 2m 1f nov hcp hdl 0-95 (F) gf in Mar.
Kentmere (IRE) 5-1 Held up mid-division, weakened after 3 out, 7th of 16, 20l behind Diego Cao at Huntingdon 2m 3yo nov hdl (C) gd in Nov.
Little Rort (IRE) 20-1 Led, ridden and headed 2 out, rallied to lead last, stayed on gamely, won at Towcester 2m hcp hdl (F) gf in Apr beating Dash For Cover by 3/4l, 14 ran.
Stage Friendly (IRE) 33-1 Keen tracking leaders, led 3rd, headed and weakened approaching 3 out, 6th of 14, 43l behind Laudamus at Exeter 2m 6f nov hcp hdl 0-105 (E) gd in Mar.
