started very slowly, always behind
in touch, chased winner over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
always prominent, led 2f out, ridden out
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened
chased leaders, hard ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
behind until some late headway, never dangerous
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
led, headed 2f out, soon onepaced
chased leaders to halfway
unseated rider leaving stalls
held up in touch, ridden halfway, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
mid division, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up, effort over 2f out, never dangerous
mid division, progress over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
always behind
mid division, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders to halfway, soon weakened
held up, not clear run over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish
Marsad, blessed with a handy low draw, is taken to land this race for the third year running, with Mitcham and CD Flyer the biggest dangers and Zilch fancied to go well at a decent price. With the ground on the soft side, a low draw is often an advantage at this course and Marsad, who clearly loves Newmarket in May, is fancied to score under Paul Doe. His form tailed off at the end of last year, but that means he now runs off a two pound lower mark then when winning this event in 2002, and although a nine-year-old he showed encouraging signs at Ascot last time that he is returning to something like his best form. He finished fourth behind Fire Up The Band that day, and is fancied to reverse form with the winner, who is a very progressive sprinter but may be inconvenienced by stall 19 here. CD Flyer was only a neck behind the selection at Ascot and has since come out of the clouds to finish second at Leicester last week, so he looks a big danger, as does Mitcham, who is very well treated on his best form and was by no means disgraced at Kempton last time. Zilch has a good draw and Michael Bell's lightly-raced colt goes well fresh so if he can return to the sort of form he showed a couple of seasons ago he could be worth a small each-way interest at big odds.
