raced keen, held up, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
led 1f, stayed prominent, ridden and weakened over 2f out
raced keen, led after 1f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, stayed on
steadied start, keen, held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, readily
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, stayed on
held up in rear, weakening 2f out when iron broke
With Sir Michael Stoute's stable in such good form at present, it will be interesting to see if the market speaks in favour of Comfy, who has an absence to overcome but, on recent evidence, this should lie between Common World and L'Oiseau d'Argent with preference for the latter. A stable mate to Comfy, L'Oiseau d'Argent looked potentially useful last season and, with improvement to come from three to four, he is taken to make a winning return under Kieren Fallon. Comfy has not been seen since finishing fifth behind Rock Of Gibraltar in the Dewhurst and the lack of a recent outing is a worry. There are likely to be bigger targets later in the season for the son of Lear Fan, who is probably best watched here. Common World has a fitness advantage over his rivals but is more exposed and looks worth taking on. Mark Johnston's Bouncing Bowdler has not progressed as may have been expected and is becoming disappointing and a bigger threat may come from the Terry Mills-trained Ceepio, who looked worth following when making a winning return at Kempton in March but has disappointed since.
