chased leaders, ridden 3f out, outpaced over 1f out, kept on towards finish
in touch, headway halfway, led 2f out, soon ridden, ran on
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, never troubled leaders
with leaders, led over 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, rn over 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd final strides
soon behind, headway over 2f out, went 2nd going well over 1f out, ridden and found nil
led, headed over 3f out, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
always towards rear, never dangerous
with leaders, ridden and weakened when hampered over 2f out
Summer Shades was a course and distance winner in September and clearly remains in good heart on the evidence of her second place here a fortnight ago. This trip is ideal and she should run a decent race. Better Off has not won for some time but was just a neck behind Summer Shades last time and should again be thereabouts. Night Shift Blues has changed hands since winning a seller at Southwell and does not appear to be particularly well handicapped, so a speculative TEAMtalk selection is given to Gift Of Gold. Although he has not been doing anything spectacular of late, his record at this track is excellent and he returns to the surface on a fair mark, over his ideal trip. The vast majority of Lakota Brave's wins have come in claimers and he is probably worth opposing, and a much bigger threat comes from top weight Brighter Future, who goes well fresh and likes Wolverhampton.
