led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra
slowly into stride, pulled hard in rear, never dangerous
mid-division, weakened halfway
tracked leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened over 2f out
mid-division, ridden and effort 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, all out
dwelt, never better than mid-division
held up in touch, pushed along and headway 2f out, stayed on strongly inside final furlong, just failed
Flash Ram is proving expensive to follow and more solid claims are held by Aperitif, who gets the vote over Ouninpohja. The last mentioned ran promisingly on his debut over 1m2f at Doncaster and again at Ripon dropped to a mile last time. It is questionable as to whether Alan Swinbank's gelding will be able to reproduce a similar level of form dropped even further to seven furlongs today. There should be no such problems with Aperitif, who ran up to his best when a close third behind the unexposed Kehaar in a Newmarket handicap last week and on that evidence he looks the one to be on. Good Time Bobby did not show much over hurdles and it has come as no surprise to see him show a similar level of ability on the flat. Neither of the newcomers Lumback and Minstrel's Double would need to be anything out of the ordinary but make limited appeal on pedigree and of more interest is Flash Ram. However, Tim Easterby's gelding has failed to progress as expected and a safer proposition looks to be Aperitif.
