led, ridden and quickened 3f out, headed 2f out, one pace final furlong
prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out
tracked leader, ridden and challenged 3f out, led 2f out, hard ridden and headed just inside final furlong, no extra
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden and challenged over 2f out, hard ridden and led just inside final furlong, all out
always outpaced and behind, no impression
held up in mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, ran on from 1f out, eased when beaten close home
A few of these are open to any amount of improvement and this could provide a solid piece of form; with the progressive Swainson fancied to edge it over Springtime Romance and Gavroche, who arrive here in a similar vein of form to our main hope and cannot confidently be ruled out. In contrast to Muhaymin, who has been very disappointing this term and now has a little to prove. Sailmaker is another that has not really lived up to his potential and is one to have reservations about here. Which brings us back to Swainson, who dropped a significant hint of what is to come when winning at Lingfield last month. The son of Swain does have a little to prove in making his turf debut on his handicap bow. But to counterbalance that, he has no queries to answer with regard to the trip and, off a mark of just 79, Swainson does not have too much to do to make this a winning start to his handicap career.
