held up towards rear, headway and effort over 2f out to chase leaders, not pace to challenge
tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on
led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear, pushed along 4f out, no impression
raced keen, soon tracking leaders, switched right 3f out, slight lead over 1f out, driven out final furlong
raced keen, held up in rear, headway 3f out, ridden and effort 2f out, not pace of first 2
held up in touch, ridden 3f out, soon one-paced
There is little to choose between these on the official figures but it is hard to getaway from the claims of Persian Lightning, now that he has been upped in distance. The form of his latest outing at Pontefract was upheld by the winner at Kempton on Wednesday night and he comes here with plenty of scope for improvement over this trip. Top Flight Queen is also on an upwards curve and should give a good account of herself. Although he is yet to win at this trip, the connections of Exeat are obviously confident that he should not be found wanting for lack of stamina and his gritty performance at Ayr last time entitles him to take his chance. However, he is not the most straightforward of characters and does need plenty of driving to get the best out him.
