slowly into stride, towards rear, never dangerous
tracked leaqrds led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong
held up in touch, pushed along over 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on strongly
towards rear, never dangerous
in touch, effort over 2f out, soon weakened
towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and effort over 1f out kept on to chase winner inside final furlong
prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
mid-division, pushed along and headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong
mid division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, effort over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, one pace final furlong
never dangerous
held up in touch, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 3f out
never dangerous
mid-division, headway and effort 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong
always behind
A tough finale to the card can go to Goodbye Mr Bond, who is fit from the all weather and heads a long list of those who arrive here with chances after posting good efforts on their latest starts. These include: Efidium, who stayed on to good effect at Thirsk last week, Megan's Magic, who has a little more to do under a 5lb penalty, and Open Handed, who extended the run of good form shown by Brian Ellison's runners when scoring at Beverley earlier this month. However, Goodbye Mr Bond can be very hard to deal with when he encounters his ideal conditions so, with the trip and ground in his favour, the Eric Alston-trained gelding is fancied to gain an overdue success if John Egan can keep him handy once he gets into his rhythm. The draw could have been a little kinder to the selection so it may also be worth looking at how the market speaks about Efidium before taking the plunge with Goodbye Mr Bond as well.
