held up rear, steady headway to join leaders, effort 1f out, not quicken
tracked winner, chased winner 3f out, every chance approaching final furlong, no extra
made all, ridden over 2f out, challenged approaching final furlong, ran on
tracked leaders, weakened over 1f out
never better than finishing position
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 4f out
always in the rear
always in rear behind final 2f
Oakley Absolute is hard to oppose here and is preferred to Chicken Soup and Beauchamp Turbo. The last mentioned has slipped to a fair mark and has to be respected but recent turf form suggests that Gerard Butler's gelding has too much to do. Play Up Pompey showed signs of a return to form at Goodwood last time but needs to improve, while Aggravation has plummeted in the weights but has given little sign of encouragement of late. Similar comments apply to Atacama Star and of more interest may be Jamie Osborne's Chicken Soup, who has been given a break since disappointing at Newmarket in May. The vote then goes to Oakley Absolute. Richard Hannon's Windsor winner ran up to his best when a close third behind Real Cool Cat off today's mark at Leicester last time and on all recent form he is the one they have to beat.
