chased leading pair, bumped and squeezed through on inside to lead over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, ran on
outpaced, headway over 2f out, close up over 1f out, no extra towards finish
pressed leader, led well over 1f out, soon ridden and headed, weakened well inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden and effort over 1f out, soon beaten
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon outpaced and dropped rear, headway on inside 1f out, ran on strongly to take 2nd towards finish
led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakening when hung left inside final furlong
in rear, not clear run and switched right 3f out, ridden and beaten well over 1f out
outpaced and always in rear
Broken Applause has the plum draw and he can take advantage of that to beat the likes of Captain Gerrard and Kersaint. Richard Fahey trains the selection and she won well on her debut when beating Foreign Rhythm at Haydock. She ran very green that day so she is sure to have come on for the experience and providing she handles this quicker ground then she should go well. Captain Gerrard has the ability to win this but he is hard to recommend from his unfavourable draw, even though he bolted up here last time. Kersaint finished behind Captain Gerrard last time and although both have all-important course form, he is another that has not been done any favours by the draw. Style Award arrives here in good form but he has the outside draw and he will need plenty of luck-in-running to make his mark. The draw looks the key to this race and with a number of the fancied runners drawn high, Broken Applause can take full advantage from stall 1 and get her head in front.
