took kean hold, pressed leader, going well 2f out, soon ridden, outpaced final furlong
chased leaders, effort on near side rail and hard ridden 2f out, stayed on and every chance final furlong, not quickened
led, ridden 2f out, headed and not quickened inside final furlong
held up, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride and always behind
held up and behind, struggling final 3f
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, switched right over 1f out, quickened to lead well inside final furlong
slowly into stride, outpaced and always in rear
started slowly, behind, some moderate late headway
held up in touch, effort to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out
A potentially informative novice event to round up proceedings at Salisbury with several useful types on show including Colour Wheel, Polonius and Billy Allen but the vote goes to Kingsword, who should have learnt from his debut outing and is taken to open his account. Sir Michael Stoute's colt never looked like recovering from a slow start on his debut at Leicester last month but ran on well in the latter stages to finish a close fourth behind stablemate Almuraad. Sure to have benefited from that experience, Kingsword gets the narrow vote. Billy Allen is the most experienced of these and is sure to run his usual race but may once again find at least one too good. A bigger threat then may come from Folkestone maiden winner Colour Wheel, who lost no caste in defeat behind Gold History in a conditions race at Ayr recently. Polonius steps up in class after making a winning debut in a Chepstow maiden and is another worthy of a mention, along with Mick Channon's once-raced Catalini, who ran creditably on his debut at Kempton. However, Kingsword ran a race full of promise on his debut and is taken to open his account.
