held up and behind, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
chased leader, winner from 4f out, ridden final furlong but not quicken
soon led, headed 4f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
led early, keen, always prominent, led 4f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on well final furlong
held up, headway 3f out, ridden over 2f out, one paced final furlong
A fairly trappy handicap despite the small field, but Look First is just taken to get the better of the lightly-raced Tom Paddington and the hat trick-seeking Decisive. The latter benefited from an enterprising ride from Eddie Ahern, making all of the running to land a handicap at Kempton, with Look First nearly eight lengths away in sixth. However, the selection now enjoys a five pound pull in the weights and as Chepstow is not the easiest of tracks for front-runners, is fancied to reverse the form. Look First had earlier finished a good fifth in the Queen's Prize, and a reproduction of that form could be good enough here. Tom Paddington is an eight-year-old who has clearly had his training problems but is with the right man in Hugh Morrison, and if he can improve on his reappearance fourth at Newbury recently he would have strong claims here.
