held up rear, headway on inside 4th, led approaching 3 out, driven clear 2 out, comfortable
mid-division, weakened 5th
in touch, ridden and weakened 5th
in touch when unseated rider 1st
led, headed 4th, weakened 5th
in rear, some moderate late headway, never nearer
in touch, reminder 3rd, weakened 5th
held up rear, some headway approaching 3 out, no impression on leaders
held up rear, ridden and headway 3 out, ran on one pace, not reached leaders
mid-division, ridden 3rd, weakened next, tailed off when pulled up before 3 out
held up rear, jumped slow 3rd, headway next, driven to lead 5th, soon headed, weakened 2 out
held up mid-division, headway 4 out, with clear leaders 3 out, kept on to chase winner last, no chance
tracked leader, led 4th, headed when mistake next, with clear leaders until weakened 3 out
in rear, weakened 3 out, pulled up flat
hampered 1st, in rear, one pace from 3 out,
in touch, led after 5th, ridden and soon headed, with clear leaders until weakened approaching last
mid-division, ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
held up rear, headway 4th, ridden with clear leaders 3 out, kept on one pace
held up rear, ridden 4 out, no impression
keen and soon prominent, ridden 5th, mistake 3 out, soon behind
tracked leaders until ridden and lost place 4th, no further impression
Not the easiest of races to solve with 24 runners to chose from and what can only be a tentative vote goes to Dunkerron, who gets the verdict over Dunraven and Simoski. The selection bounced back to form when making all to win in similar company at Huntingdon last month and still looks well treated on old form off just a 7lb higher mark. Dunraven is a consistent performer and should again be thereabouts but remains a shade high in the weights at present and a bigger danger may prove to be the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained Simoski. The lightly raced six-year-old is open to improvement after just seven starts and, with his stable in much better form now, he could be interesting off a nice racing weight. Aleemdar has been given a chance by the handicapper and has a good conditional booked but recent evidence suggests he will not be good enough. A market mover for Midnight Coup would be of interest.
