held up behind, headway over 2f out, kept on but not reached leaders
held up mid-division, ridden and lost touch at 3f out, weakened rapidly 2f out
prominent to halfway, ridden over 3f out, weakened
held up behind on outer, lost place over 3f out, soon beaten
pulled hard, tracked leaders, under pressure over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, just held
in touch, chased leaders 3f out, ridden and stayed on same pace from over 1f out
led 6f out, hard pressed inside final furlong, hard ridden, held on
slowly into stride, always behind
took keen hold, settled in mid-division, outpaced 3f out, lost place, ran on well from over 1f out, nearest finish
started slowly, in touch wide, chased leaders 3f out, soon one pace, weakened final furlong
pulled hard in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
led 2f, tracked winner after, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
started slowly, always behind, outpaced 3f out
towards rear, ridden and outpaced over 3f out
Another tricky maiden to solve, but one where we will take a chance on Humorous, with Front Stage and Forward Move others for the short list. Humorous made nothing more than a satisfactory debut when a six length fifth of 16 to Capable Guest at Leicester, in what was an above average maiden for the track. Being by Darshaan this step up to a mile will certainly be in his favour, and given that he should come on for the run, he is worth chancing to small stakes in a race where a bit of caution is advised. Front Stage, from the Stoute-Fallon connection, is another worth a good look. Well beaten on debut at Newbury where he looked like he had a bit to learn, he should come on plenty. We will have a bit of a clue as to how much from the running of Ameeq in the opener here, and if that has gone well then it will boost confidence for Front Stage, who finished behind Marcus Tregoning's runner at the Berkshire track. Forward Move is another debutante, but Richard Hannon has a good record with his juveniles here and with this one bred to do well over this trip at two, then his chance is well respected. However, the Godolphin runner has a decent bit of experience to build on, and so we take Humorous to score.
