started slowly, settled in rear, headway on inside over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders, pushed along 4f out, not quicken well over 2f out, stayed on to take 3rd well inside final furlong, no chance with leading pair
chased leader to 8f out, stayed in touch, pushed along halfway, outpaced final 2f
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten
settled in rear, steady headway on outside to chase clear leading pair over 2f out, chased leader and 4 lengths down 1f out, ran on to lead final stride, cleverly
started slowly, held up in touch, weakened inside final 2f
tracked leaders, went 2nd 8f out, led narrowly 3f out, driven 4 lengths clear 1f out, kept on well under pressure until caught final stride
led until narrowly headed 3f out, stayed chasing leader to over 1f out, soon weakened
Barney Curley has plotted up a quickfire handicap campaign nicely for Cristoforo and he looks up to the task of taking this contest from Stolen Hours and The Varlet. The selection is due to go up 16lb very shortly and now looks the time to catch him again. A soft ground Warwick winner in April, he flopped when dropped back in trip next time, but after a break he won by a very easy three lengths at Folkestone back over 1m 4f last time and looks more than capable of defying a 5lb penalty and taking this very ordinary contest. Stolen Hours was rewarded for some consistency when running into a place over an extended mile and five at Newbury last time, and clearly appreciated the longer trip. This 12 furlongs should be fine and John Akehurst's gelding is expected to go well again. Of the others, few make appeal, but The Varlet is a specialist at this sort of trip, likes it on the fast side, and although fully exposed, he is probably capable of matching his latest start at Newmarket and running into a place. Nevertheless we are more than happy to support Cristoforo on his way to another success.
