slowly into stride, headway over 5f out, led over 2f out, driven out
slowly into stride, headway and wide over 5f out
slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear, not clear run over 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, nearest finish
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
keen, in touch, ridden and every chance over 2f out, stayed on close home
in touch, pushed along and outpaced over 4f out, some headway over 1f out, never dangerous
in touch, outpaced halfway, headway approaching final furlong, ran on inside final furlong
led over 4f
close up, soon ridden, weakened 3f out
Mount Royale, gets the vote over Marcus Eile, with Warden Warren, Cheeney Basin and Nicholas Nickleby just a few more in with a shout. Mount Royale was a course and distance winner here in February and bounced back from a couple of poor efforts when a close up second over the course and distance on Saturday. The visor was put back on then and if left on here, can help Nigel Tinkler's charge to get back to winning ways. Marcus Eile has been coming down the weights steadily and although he has failed to progress since running in the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom as a two-year-old, should be involved as well. Warden Warren was last of 11 at Wolverhampton at the weekend and has topweight here, but if things fall right for Christine Dunnett's inmate, he could sneak a place at a decent price. Cheeney Basin has shown nothing in two runs for Michael Chapman but had winning form in claiming company two years ago. Nicholas Nickleby won over six furlongs the time before last but had more use made of him that day, and may struggle over the longer trip. An uninspiring contest can go the way of Mount Royale.
