in touch, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, weakened over 2f out
chased leader until 3f out, weakened 2f out
led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, ridden 3f out, soon struggling
held up in rear, keen early, ridden and weakened over 2f out
always prominent, switched right and chased winner well over 1f out, soon ridden, challenged well inside final furlong, ran on, just failed
held up in touch, led on bit 2f out, ridden well inside final furlong, just held on
pushed along 7f out, always behind
Nonrunner
Countrywide Luck would have solid claims if retaining any of his old ability but an absence since October 2006 is an obvious concern and a safer bet looks to be Truly Fruitful, with Wait For The Will rated the pick of the remainder. The selection stepped up on his reappearance run when finding just Court Of Appeal too good in a Musselburgh seller last week and a reproduction of that effort should suffice for Richard Fahey's gelding. Shenandoah Girl was claimed out of Mark Usher's stable after her success at Southwell earlier this month and has to be respected on her first start for Gay Kelleway but she may struggle under her penalty. Granary Girl is capable but inconsistent, while Fiddlers Creek would need to improve on recent jumps form for his return to the flat. Wait For The Will is capable but inconsistent and a safer bet looks to be Truly Fruitful, who gets the vote.
Granary Girl 8-1 (8-8) Mid-division, ridden and effort 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 11, 7l behind Susie May (9-2) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.
Shenandoah Girl 33-1 (10-2) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Southwell 1m 4f amt clm stk (6) gd beating Bedouin Blue (10-12) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Countrywide Luck 6-1 (9-2) Pulled hard, held up, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 5th of 12, 3l behind Llamadas (9-1) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb '06.
Fiddlers Creek (IRE) 40-1 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous, 12th of 14, 20l behind El Coto (9-10) at Hamilton 1m 1f clm (6) gs in Aug.
Kofi 7-1 (8-9) Raced wide, in touch 5f out when pulled up in race won by Chart Oak (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 5f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Mar, 13 ran.
Skyler 9-2 (10-9) Chased winner until not fluent 3rd, ridden when mistake 3 out, 5th, beaten when mistake 2 out, 5th of 8, 8l behind Azione (11-4) at Warwick 2m amt hcp hdl 0-100 (4) hvy in Mar (N.Hunt).
Truly Fruitful (IRE) 5-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden and headway to challenge over 3f out, kept on until no extra close home, 2nd of 13, shd behind Court Of Appeal (9-0) at Musselburgh 1m 4f sll (6) sft.
Wait For The Will (USA) 10-1 (8-11) Held up in rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, not pace to challenge, 5th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Apache Fort (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Paperboy 125-1 (10-5) Held up towards rear, headway over 7f out, ridden over 5f out, weakened 4f out, 7th of 13, 44l behind Beat The System (10-9) at Taunton 2m 1f nhf (5) gs (N.Hunt).
Silvo (NZ) 16-1 (9-2) Tracked leader to over 2f out, weakened rapidly over 1f out, 13th of 14, 21l behind Brave Dane (9-8) at Kempton 1m 2f banded stk (7) pol in May '06.
