held up, ridden over 3f out, good headway final furlong, no chance with winner
tracked leader, smooth headway to lead over 3f out, soon ridden and headed over 2f out, led again over 1f out and ran on well
mid-division, ridden and led over 2f until headed over 1f and weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride in towards rear, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
led and soon tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
behind, ridden well over 3f out, soon one pace and weakened final furlong
soon led and keen early, headed and ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Son of Thunder is sure to be popular in the finale but Charlotte Vale gets our nomination with Dark Raider the other to consider. The selection ran really well behind Futoo last time, and with the step up in trip sure to suit she looks the one to be on. Son Of Thunder rates the main danger as he won well last time when defeating Sonderberg. He is still open to plenty of improvement but this race is slightly tougher and he may just struggle to get the better of our race-hardened selection. Dark Raider looks to be on a fair mark for her handicap debut but she may be better with more cut in the ground and for that reason she is opposed. The rest will have to improve to trouble the principles and for the winner we return to Charlotte Vale.