prominent, led 4f out, clear over 1f out, ridden out
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, hung left and went 2nd over 1f out, no chance with winner
in touch, ridden and headway 3f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, ridden to chase winner 3f out to over 1f out, one pace
soon led, headed 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, soon outpaced, kept on from over 1f out
led early, soon lost place and behind
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
Loughlorien has an obvious chance on the evidence of recent turf form but has yet to show a similar level of ability on the all-weather and a safer bet may be Davids Mark, who is preferred to Molotov. The last mentioned won at Wolverhampton when Dunstall Park had a Fibresand surface so he should go well enough round here and it is interesting that the four-year-old is reunited with Natalie Gemelova this afternoon. Kieren Fallon has been booked for Knead The Dough but he has yet to win a race and is hard to back with confidence despite the presence of the former champion jockey. Torrent has claims on his best and has slipped to a fair mark but recent form gives little cause for a return to winning ways. Glencairn Star won a banded stakes race at Wolverhampton last week but is likely to find this tougher and a better bet looks to be Davids Mark. The John Jenkins-trained gelding has shown enough when placed in his last two starts to suggest that a race of this nature would be well within his compass and he is taken to gain due reward for his consistency today.
