soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened i.sfl furlong
slowly into stride, always towards rear
held up, ridden and headway 2f out, switched right over 1f out, kept on same pace
held up in touch, ridden and short of room 2f out, kept on one-paced
held up in touch, ridden halfway, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace
keen, tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden out
mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out
raced wide, close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out
This may be more competitive than the market suggests with several of the runners having claims. With Gerard Butler's horses continuing to beat all-comers at the track, Park Street should be tough to beat. An expensive purchase by Mr Prospector, he looked green when two lengths third behind Wages last month and should strip fitter for the outing. Barry Hills has a good line on the favourite having trained the second there, Zeuss, who subsequently went on to win here earlier this month. Silent Comfort, who Hills saddles in this race, finished third that day and is also open to improvement. Brian Meehan has his horses in good form at present and Royal Robe showed enough in four starts on turf last season to suggest a race of this nature is within his compass, while the Terry Mills-trained High Reach lost little in defeat behind another Butler inmate, Perfect Love, on his all-weather debut to suggest he can win races. Unless the newcomer Irish Tycoon is anything out of the ordinary this should go to the favourite and we are happy to side with Butler's horse despite likely short odds.
