mid-division, effort over 3f out, beaten 2f out
behind until kept on final 2f, never nearer
held up towards rear, headway 4f out, not clear run over 3f out, switched right over 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd over 1f out, no chance with winner
chased leaders, lost place 5f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, no impression final furlong
swerved right at start, led and ran green, ridden and headed 4f out, soon weakened
held up, headway 4f out, ridden and effort 3f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, led 4f out, ridden 2f out, clear approaching final furlong, eased towards finish, easily
mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden and kept on final 2f, no impression on leaders
chased leaders, out-paced when hampered over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, headway on outside over 4f out, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
hampered start and slowly away, always behind, tailed off final 2f
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong
With none of the 15 runners having raced previously this is not a race top be getting heavily involved in and what can only be a tentative vote goes to Blue Wing, who is preferred to Blue Rising and Comeonshe. The last mentioned represents the stable of Howard Johnson so has to be respected for that fact alone but the daughter of Commanche Run is bred to want further than this 1m5f trip and she is probably best watched. Ferdy Murphy has his string in good form at present so the American bred Blue Rising should not be discounted, while Michael Scudamore's Silly Miss Off, who is also American bred, is another runner hailing from an in-form yard. Pat Haslam is more than capable of producing a runner to win first time out and his Differentgear, a son of Robellino, makes plenty of appeal on pedigree. A market move for Tom Tate's The Duke's Speech would be of interest but the vote goes to Blue Wing. The son of Bluebird is a likely type on pedigree and Mick Easterby's gelding has every chance of making a winning debut.
