soon led, ridden and hung left 2f out, soon headed and weakened
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
outpaced, soon pushed along, headway on stand rail over 1f out, chased winner entering final furlong, ridden and stayed on well towards finish, just held
chased leaders, chased winner well over 1f out until entering final furlong, no extra
prominent, challenged 2f out, led well over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, held on
There was an awful lot to like about the debut win of DORBACK at Windsor in June and Henry Candy's charge can be fancied to follow up today. Flipping, Petougg and Waltz Around are progressive types that ought to be followed with interest, whatever happens today. The last named made a very pleasing start for Clive Brittain a fortnight ago and it will be interesting to see where the Newmarket handler goes with this half-sister to Improvise. Petougg could do no more than win at Haydock 11 days ago and, although on face value the form isn't up to much, this 11,000gns purchase has the scope to develop into at least a useful handicapper. Similar comments apply to Flipping, who has shown a liking for cut in the ground and, having won in good style last time out; Stuart Kittow's gelding can find another race before too long. However, Dorback looked an above average type when he came from last to first at Windsor on his debut and, as his price tag as a yearling outstrips the rest put together, it will hardly be a surprising to see the son of Kyllachy show his class in this company.
Dorback 11-2 (9-3) Started slowly, held up behind mid-division, headway and chased leaders 2f out, ridden to lead just inside final furlong, ridden clear final 100 yards, won at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Jun beating Buzzword (9-0) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Flipping 3-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, going well, led 2f out, ridden out, won at Haydock 6f 2yo mdn (5) sft in Jul beating Capacity (9-3) by 3 1/2l, 8 ran.
Petougg 13-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders, challenged 2f out, edged left and led 1f out, comfortably, won at Haydock 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) hvy in Jul beating Regardless (7-11) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
Marafong 28-1 (8-12) Led, ridden, headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 13, 9l behind Janeiro (8-12) at Yarmouth 7f 2yo mdn aut (6) gd in Jul.
Waltz Around (IRE) 10-3fav (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, won at Leicester 6f fll mdn stks (5) sft in Jul beating Lexi's Layla (9-0) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Perfect Ch'i (IRE) 7-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, soon recovered to cross over and lead on stand rail, ridden and headed over 1f out, no chance with winner final furlong, 2nd of 10, 6l behind Dick Turpin (9-4) at Salisbury 6f nov med aut stk (5) gd in Jul.
