led, quicken 4th, mistake 3 out, headed approaching 2 out, weakened
in touch, keen, outpaced after 3 out, stayed on to chase leaders 2 out, led and mistake last, held on under pressure
held up, headway 5th, ridden and weakened 2 out
tracked leader, ridden to lead approaching 2 out, headed approaching last, rallied close home
held up, headway approaching 5th, ridden and switched right approaching 2 out, weakened last
in touch, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching 2 out, pulled up
tracked leaders, awkward jump 1st, weakened approaching 5th, soon behind
keen, mistake 2nd, tailed off from 3 out, pulled up before 2 out
Hope Road has some useful form to his name and is fancied to oblige today; Quelclasse and Haar could be the two to chase him home. The selection's third behind I'm So Lucky last time out reads fairly well in the context of this race and he won't mind any rain that is forecast over the weekend. Previous runs behind Metaphoric and Sweetheart also look solid and given his speed from the flat, this track could be right up his street. Flying Grey hasn't lived up to his name yet but he does have more experience than his rivals, whilst High Profit needs a check in the betting on his debut over sticks. Quelclasse ran well behind Osolomio on his debut and seeing as the winner has won again since, the form stands up fairly well. L'Homme De Nuit takes a massive drop in class and is obviously well thought of, whilst Haar would have a good chance against the selection having finished in front of him on their Metaphoric run, however ours looks to have improved since. An open race, however we fancy the chances of Hope Road.
Flying Grey (IRE) 20-1 (11-0) Tracked leader, led 6th, ridden and headed after 2 out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 11, 6l behind Jigsaw Dancer (11-7) at Taunton 2m 1f nov hcp hdl 0-100 (4) hvy.
Haar 33-1 (10-12) Mistakes, held up in touch, hampered 3rd, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened last, 5th of 16, 8l behind Metaphoric (10-12) at Warwick 2m 4yo nov hdl (4) gd in Feb.
High Profit (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, headway to chase over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 4, 3l behind Palamoun (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 3yo mdn (5) pol in Mar '07 (Flat).
Hope Road 12-1 (10-9) Mid-division, headway approaching 4th, outpaced after 3 out, stayed on same pace from 2 out, 3rd of 13, 10l behind I'm So Lucky (11-6) at Stratford 2m hcp hdl 0-125 (3) gs.
L'Homme de Nuit (GER) 100-1 (10-12) Mid-division, under pressure after 3 out, soon weakened, 7th of 11, 29l behind Binocular (11-5) at Kempton 2m nov hdl Grd 2 (1) gd in Feb.
Quelclasse (FR) 15-2 (10-7) Mid-division, headway after 4th, stayed on from 3 out, 3rd of 16, 15l behind Osolomio (11-3) at Chepstow 2m mdn hdl (5) gs in Feb.
Gertie (IRE) 33-1 (10-5) Mid-division, ridden and headway after 5th, weakened after 3 out, 4th when fell 2 out in race won by Soliya (11-3) at N Abbot 2m 1f 3yo nov hdl (4) sft in Aug, 11 ran.
Katie Kingfisher 125-1 (9-7) Held up behind, mistake 4th, tailed off when fell 2 out in race won by Pop (11-2) at Market Rasen 2m 3f nov hdl (4) gd, 10 ran.
