went left start, held up in last trio, headway tracking leaders and went far side in straight, stayed on inside final furlong, led post
tracked leaders, went towards far side in straight, weakened over 2f out
wore hood to post, awkwardly away and slightly hampered start, held up in last pair, smooth headway centre over 2f out, led 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
raced keenly, led until 8f out, chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, soon behind, tailed off
tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened and behind over 3f out, tailed off
held up in 5th, good headway tracking leaders 3f out, went towards far side in straight, led over 2f out until 2f out, led again over 1f out, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, headed post
tracked leaders, led 8f out, headed 3f out, soon weakened quickly, tailed off
held up in rear, headway out wide over 3f out, went far side in straight, ridden chasing leaders over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, dead heated for 2nd on line
NonRunner
Mrs Meader showed progressive form last year but faded badly on the testing ground at Doncaster on her reappearance. She’ll be sharper for this and Rick Blaine may also improve on his second outing after a breathing operation. Waterloo Sunset has been thereabouts in tight finishes on the all-weather recently but a chance is taken on TALAP (NAP). The latter was in the process of running a big race when denied a clear run at Lingfield on only his second start for David Pipe’s yard. He won five times on the Flat in France so gets the vote.
Talap 16-1 (9-5) Held up off the pace towards rear, headway on inside over 1f out, keeping on when ran out of room and snatched up inside final 150 yards, 6th of 8, 3 3/4l behind Forge Valley Lad (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Apr.
Wise Glory (IRE) 125-1 (11-2) Mid-division, not fluent 3rd, in touch next, lost place 7th, behind 3 out, tailed off, 13th of 15, dist behind Moveit Like Minnie (12-1) at Taunton 2m 3f hcp (5) gd in Nov.
Mrs Meader 13-2 (9-13) Slow into stride, towards rear, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, pushed along and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace and lost 3rd inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 12 1/2l behind Don't Look Back (9-5) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (5) hvy in Apr.
Midrarr (IRE) 50-1 (9-9) Raced wide early tracking leaders, headway to lead after 1f, pushed along over 2f out, bumped and headed 2f out, soon lost 2nd, ridden and weakened soon after, 8th of 10, 10l behind Down To The Kid (9-4) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Waterloo Sunset 7-2 (9-4) Soon led, headed 9f out, outpaced and switched right over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, lost 3rd close home, 4th of 7, 1 1/4l behind Masqool (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Manor Park 40-1 (9-8) Raced keenly towards rear, never involved, 9th of 13, 7 1/2l behind Devizes (9-1) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Chargo 33-1 (9-2) Mid-division, switched right and headway over 4f out, no impression and lost 3rd entering final furlong, no extra, 4th of 7, 10 1/2l behind Capital Theory (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Rick Blaine (IRE) 16-5fav (9-5) Held up off the pace in 4th, closer in 3rd over 3f out, ridden edging left over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong, 4th of 14, 6 1/2l behind Gold Souk (9-5) at Bath 1m 4f hcp (6) sft in Apr.
Ocean Reach 66-1 (9-2) Never closer than mid-division, 11th of 12, 11 1/4l behind Batocchi (8-11) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp (6) pol in Dec.
