held up in touch, headway to chase leaders 5f out, ridden approaching 3f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, led halfway, ridden approaching 3 out, headed final furlong, no extra
held up, headway approaching 4f out, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, led final furlong, ridden out
led to halfway, weakened over 5f out
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 4f out
held up mid-division, chased leaders 5f out, ridden and weakened over 3f out
took keen hold, chased leaders until over 4f out
held up, effort over 4f out, weakened over 2f
mid-division, headway halfway, ridden over 3f out, ridden to chase leader over 3f out, no extra final furlong
held up behind, headway over 4f out, stayed on same pace final 2f no impression
held up in mid-division, ridden halfway, soon weakened
A bumper rounds off the card and as usual the market will provide all the clues, but the principles look to be Pendle Forest, Loscar and Leading Man and the confident vote goes to Pendle Forest who was mightily impressive on her debut when defeating Diamond Sal. She is sure to have learned from the experience and with conditions in her favour she is taken to defy a penalty to score. Loscar is a well-bred French gelding from a top yard and is worth noting in the market, but he may just need this his first run. Leading Man was a fair fourth on his debut behind Classical Ben and is sure to come on for that run so has definite place claims. Captain Murphy is another to catch the eye as he has shown a modicum of ability, but Pendle Forest looked like one to follow on her debut and should take all the beating.
