slowly into stride, pulled hard in rear, effort to go in touch 2f out, hard ridden over 1f out, no impression
early to post, tracked leader, under pressure 2f out, soon behind
towards rear, headway wide 2f out, soon ridden and one-paced from over 1f out
held up mid-division, headway 2f out, strong challenge to chase winner final furlong, always held towards finish
tracked leader, effort and every chance over 2f out, hard ridden and weakened quickly over 1f out
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, challenge over 1f out, not quicken
prominent, headway to lead well over 2f out, hard driven and headed well over 1f out, weakened
chased leaders, effort 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
early to post, in rear, effort over 1f out, kept on one-paced final furlong, not reached leaders
always towards rear (wore cheek pieces)
in touch until ridden and weakened over 2f out
led until headed well over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, stayed on again under pressure final furlong but never able to challenge
slowly into stride, always behind
in touch to halfway, weakened under pressure
The likely favourite here is Joint Statement who makes a quick reappearance after scoring at Leicester on Monday and is on a five-timer. However, the race at Leicester was run at a crawl and developed into a sprint, so he is no good thing, especially with a five pounds penalty. Siouxsie Sioux has been anchored with topweight for her handicap debut and has much more to do than when opening her account at Musselburgh 11 days ago. She is a tall, leggy filly who was thought of as Group material at one time, and, only lightly raced, will progress over the winter. On this occasion she and the rest face a tough opponent in the shape of TEAMtalk selection Rhythm Of Life. The John Hills-trained filly used to have an aversion to starting stalls, but has been on her best behaviour of late, resulting in two wins from her last three outings. Her latest effort at Sandown saw the daughter of Dr Devious beat Shershy by a neck, and as Sir Michael Stoute's charge was rated fully 16lbs higher at the time, the form appears solid. She likes fast ground and Richard Hills keeps the ride. Diamond Lover is worth a mention as well, now that Frankie Dettori is back on board. He rode her to her only victory, over a mile at Newcastle at the end of last season, since when she has been campaigned over further without the aid of the Italian. Eagles High has gained all her four wins under Robert Smith and should run well, but the rest are hard to fancy.
