slowly into stride, soon mid-division to halfway, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace final furlong
in rear, pushed along halfway, never dangerous
prominent, ridden 3f out, soon ridden and weakened
good speed early, ridden 3f out, ran on well inside final furlong, nearest finish
towards rear throughout
held up towards rear, ridden 3f out, ran on inside final furlong, never nearer
mid-division, ridden and headway 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders 2f, soon outpaced, weakened approaching final 2f, soon easee
mid-division, headway 3f out, no extra inside final furlong
soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
good early speed, soon pushed along, lost place and soon behind
held up in touch, ridden 4f out, soon behind
tracked leader, driven to lead 2f out, clear final furlong, comfortably
mid-division, ridden 4f out, soon beaten
mid-division, pushed along and headway 3f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer
in touch 3f, soon ridden and weakened final 2f
held up, ridden halfway, kept on one pace final furlong
An uninspiring opener with varying degrees of jockeyship on view and stakes should be kept to the minimum. Noble Calling has dropped down to a most attractive mark and showed definite signs of a return to form when runner-up at Bath last time so gets a tentative TEAMtalk vote under an experienced pilot. Groesfaen Lad has been in good heart of late but may be a shade high in the weights so the progressive Lygeton Lad looks a bigger threat back over this trip.