slowly into stride, in rear, headway on inside 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never dangerous
slowly into stride, in rear, wide into straight 2f out, never dangerous
chased leader to 3f out, kept on in 3rd, one pace final 2f
in touch on inner to over 2f out, weakened under pressure over 1f out
in touch to 3f out, soon under pressure, weakened over 2f out
towards rear, ridden along over 3f out, ran wide bend into straight 2f out, soon one pace, never nearer
made virtually all, hard ridden and wide bend 2f out, drew clear inside final furlong easily
chased leaders, chased winner 3f out, hard ridden 2f out, not pace of winner over 1f out
Lake Verdi, Zinging and Fairgame Man are three against the field in this weak affair and the vote is given to Lake Verdi. The selection was a little disappointing on the turf at Folkestone last time, but he has put up a series of creditable efforts on the AW on this track and he should be good enough to see off his rivals here. Zinging is quite useful on his day, but his best form is over further than this and he might just lack the speed nowadays to get his head in front over the minimum trip. Fairgame Man is difficult to catch right and he may be best watched on his first try on the AW here. Ela Figura is from a shrewd yard and is worth noting in the market, but for the winner we return to Lake Verdi.
