slowly into stride and always in rear division
mid-division, driven and headway over 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong
in touch, led 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
mid-division, pushed along and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
in touch, led after 2f, driven and headed 3f out, rallied to regain lead 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon beaten
prominent, pushed along halfway, ridden 2f out, no extra final furlong
started slowly and behind, never a factor
dwelt, soon mid-division, effort over 2f out, never reached challenging position
soon led, headed after 2f, pulled up after 3f
Faithisflying gets the call over Tommytyler, with Queue Up also worth a mention. Faithisflying has been placed on each of his last three visits to the racecourse but has now gone 33 races without breaking his duck. However he is a standing dish round here and the step back up to a mile will hopefully help him to turn the tables on Tommytyler who finished a place ahead of him in the race won by Government a fortnight ago. He was sent off as favourite then and will be fancied to get losses back today, with Tommytyler again expected to give him most to do. Queue Up has been tried over longer trips without success, and the feeling is that he might even need a drop back to seven furlongs to show a semblance of his best form which even then is not good. Ex-bumper filly Scarlet Romance has shown nothing since switching codes but is dropped in grade and it would be dangerous to write her off in such a poor race, but we shall stay loyal to Faithisflying.
King of Scots 66-1 (10-2) Behind, lost place halfway, 11th of 14, 41l behind Romil Star (10-6) at Southwell 1m 4f amt clm stk (6) fbs.
Queue Up 13-2 (9-1) Held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish, 4th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Hillfield Flyer (8-7) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn clm (7) pol in Mar.
Tommytyler (IRE) 5-1 (8-12) Held up, headway to chase winner over 1f out, ridden and kept on, 2nd of 12, 3l behind Government (8-8) at Southwell 7f mdn clm (7) fbs in Mar.
Bob Baileys 15-2 (8-11) Raced wide, close up, ridden, weakened 2f out, 5th of 7, 15l behind Desert Fury (9-0) at Southwell 1m banded stk (7) fbs in Mar.
Faithisflying 9-4fav (8-10) Soon pushed along, headway halfway, chased winner 3f out until over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 12, 5l behind Government (8-8) at Southwell 7f mdn clm (7) fbs in Mar.
Scarlet Romance 100-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, always behind, last of 9, well behind Manouche (8-7) at Musselburgh 1m 1f mdn stk (5) hvy in Mar.
Doughty 20-1 (8-9) Always towards rear, 8th of 12, 9l behind Hillfield Flyer (8-7) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn clm (7) pol in Mar.
Catheriniski (IRE) 66-1 (8-0) Chased leaders, weakened halfway, 6th of 14, 11l behind Justcallmehandsome (8-4) at Southwell 7f mdn clm (7) fbs in Jan.