chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace
slowly into stride, soon ridden and behind, never dangerous
made all, shaken up over 1f out, ran on well
slowly into stride, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
tracked winner, ridden well over 1f out, no impression
Witchry gets our vote here ahead of Skywards and a number of interesting newcomers. Witchry showed plenty of promise on his Newbury debut and normal improvement alone on that run would see him win a race of this nature. He holds solid claims with Cool Panic, a half-brother to five winners, Diamond Hombre, a quite well-related $105,000 purchase who is out of a very fast mare, and the nicely-bred Fasliyev colt, Hedingham Knight, ones to watch for in the betting from among the debutantes. Much as the Godolphin-owned Skywards was disappointing on his debut, this brother to the high-class No Excuse Needed is surely better than that so do not be surprised by a good run. Overall, though, we will side with Witchry.