dwelt, ridden and wide outside halfway, soon struggling
tracked leaders on inner, chased leader well over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, held on under pressure
pressed leader, led halfway, edged right over 1f out, headed and not quickened inside final furlong, rallied near finish
hampered on rails and lost place after 1f, headway 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
speed to halfway, weakened quickly 2f out
chased leaders, ridden and unable to quicken final furlong
dwelt, behind, effort on outer and kept on final furlong, never dangerous
mid-division, headway 2f out, switched left and ran on inside final furlong
restless in stalls, went right start and always behind
led narrowly to halfway, chased leader to well over 1f out, weakened final furlong
behind and never on terms
took keen hold in touch, weakened over 2f out
The Gay Fox is a light of former days but may still be too strong for the opposition, the best of whom may be the likes of Bells Beach, Badou and Parallel Lines. The Gay Fox is on a long losing run and it seems light years since he won a decent sprint handicap at York for Bryan McMahon. However, he is surely still capable at this level, and showed last time behind Bells Beach that there is a race to be won. Beaten two and a half lengths by the latter here last week, he meets that rival on eight-pound better terms, and should surely reverse the form. Badou could give him a race though, as he has found his form of late, notably when opening his account at Wolverhampton. He had struggled over a mile previously so the drop back to seven furlongs obviously suited him, but this further step back may count against him. There are quite a few other course and distance winners in the line-up, the best of whom may be Indian Warrior, but we will take The Gay Fox to show that there is life in the old dog yet.
