soon pressed leaders, weakened quickly 2f out
with winner to halfway, soon ridden, no danger final 2f
behind, ridden halfway, never near leaders
in touch, ridden halfway, soon lost place
behind, never near to challenge
close up, hard ridden and ran on same pace final 2f
raced against far side rail, made all, ridden and kept on well final furlong
in rear and no chance when stumbled over 2f out
slowly into stride, held up, never dangerous
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, rapid headway over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, edged right, ran on, not reach winner
started slowly, recovered and soon mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out
keen hold, prominent, pressed winner halfway, no extra inside final furlong, lost 3rd last strides
close up on inner, stayed on under pressure to take 3rd last strides, no impression
Another typically trappy Sandown sprint in which the draw is set to play its usual part. With many of the fancied runners, including Inter Vision, Night Prospector and Domirati all having been done no favours by their low draws, a chance is taken with Fort Mchenry, who has a favourable draw, one off the far side rails. Twice a winner over seven-furlongs, he doesn't lack pace and shouldn't be inconvenienced by a drop to this stiff five-furlongs. Maddies A Gem lost all chance at Ascot when completely missing the break. Prior to that she landed the odds in good style at Yarmouth and a reproduction of that effort would see her go close here, from an ideal draw. Winthorpe is closely matched with the latter on their running at Doncaster earlier this month, before disappointing at York, where Obe One was a couple of places ahead of him. Glencoe Solas went close off this mark at Lingfeld and is another to enter the equation, but we will stick with the well-drawn Fort Mchenry to follow up his Redcar success.
