mid-division, headway on outside over 5f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, soon eased
held up towards rear, headway 4f out, ridden over 1f out, soon every chance, kept on
led, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish, no extra
never better than mid-division
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on
mid-division, headway 4f out, challenged 2f out, soon ridden, no extra inside final furlong
with leader, lost place over 3f out, weakened 2f out
towards rear, headway over 5f out, ridden 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong
in touch, lost place 3f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 3f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong, led towards finish
chased leaders, ridden and outpaced 3f out, no impression final 2f
mid-division, lost place over 3f out, weakened 2f out
held up in rear when pulled up lame over 5f out
slowly away and behind, headway under pressure over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, never able to challenge
Galandora is taken to shrug off a six-pound penalty over the similarly penalised Prince Of The Wood, with My Legal Eagle and Smarter Charter others to consider. The final race on the card, confined to apprentices, should see Galandora go close to adding to his recent tally with conditions in his favour. The four-year-old stays well and will be suited by the long finishing straight on the Knavesmire. In addition, Lucy Russell gets on well with him, having been on board for both his victories, at Musselburgh and earlier at Southwell. Prince Of The Wood also lines up on the back of a last-time-out win at Wolverhampton where he held on well from My Legal Eagle. The latter is now much better off at the weights, and is still capable of winning at the age of ten. There should not be too much between that pair, while Smarter Charter has a very light weight, but does not make as much appeal on recent evidence. So, for the winner we return to Galandora.
