held up, still in rear 3f out, never dangerous
always towards rear
mid-division, ridden and headway on outside over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
chased leader, every chance 2f out, weakened 1f out, soon edged left
always towards rear
chased leaders, ridden 4f out, every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
in rear, ridden and behind final 3f
led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up in touch, not clear run on inside over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out
always prominent, led well over 1f out, soon hung right, ran on
held up towards rear, headway well over 1f out, soon switched left, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on
slowly into stride, always behind
This should not take a great deal of winning and, in a moderate contest, Very Well Red looks to have been found a suitable opportunity to open her account and the unexposed filly gets the vote to do so at the main expense of Salvestro and Bold Phoenix. The last mentioned is capable of taking a hand here and, being trained by Barney Curley, should be noted if the market speaks in his favour. Dual course winner Bobering may be better over slightly further, while Danettie has struggled against the handicapper since winning here in February. Cape of Storms has given little sign of encouragement of late and of more interest may be Salvestro, who has slipped to a fair mark and is entitled to come on for his recent reappearance. Very Well Red is easily the least exposed of these though and is taken to open her account.
Bobering 7-2jt-fav (8-2) Mid-division, effort over 2f out, soon one pace, 8th of 13, 7l behind Scottish River (9-6) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Salvestro 8-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out, 7th of 17, 9l behind Apex (8-4) at Warwick 1m 3f hcp 0-60 (6) gf in Apr.
Sun Bian 33-1 (8-9) Prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 13, 7l behind Scottish River (9-6) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Moonlight Fantasy (IRE) 14-1 (8-5) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 11, 15l behind Torrens (9-0) at Pontefract 1m 2f app hcp (5) gf in Apr.
Danettie 8-1 (8-5) Keen, soon behind, last of 13, 14l behind Scottish River (9-6) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Cape of Storms 17-2 (8-10) Took keen hold, tracked leaders, led over 6f out, headed over 2f out, weakened rapidly, 15th of 16, 13l behind Monmouthshire (8-3) at Bath 1m 2f hcp 0-50 (6) in Apr.
Very Well Red 12-1 (9-7) Chased leader, ridden to lead 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 2nd of 8, 3l behind Blue Monkey (8-13) at Southwell 7f mdn aut stk (6) fbs in Apr.
Bold Phoenix (IRE) 11-4fav (9-7) In touch, pulled hard, led 3f out, headed over 1f out, soon beaten, 7th of 14, 10l behind Jarvo (9-4) at Yarmouth 1m 2f Stks (41-45) (7) gf in Apr.
