slowly into stride, behind, headway over 5f out, ridden over 3f out, came wide straight kept on one pace
prominent, ridden half way, one pace final 2f
made all, ridden clear 2f out, ran on
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened
prominent, ridden half way, soon weakened
in touch, headway half way, ridden to go 2nd 2f out, never reached leader
This race will not take too much winning and Countrywide Girl appears to have the best recent form and can land this ahead of Dancing King and Leonora Truce. It's a long time since Alan Berry's mare visited the winners enclosure but she ran with credit here last time when not beaten far into fifth place behind Dafa in a similar race to this. Today's opposition looks slightly less taxing and she can gain a well overdue success. Dancing King didn't do too badly at Southwell last time and has shown enough on his visits here to suggest he can take a hand in the finish. Leonora Truce hails from a yard starting to hit form and will not have to step up too much on recent efforts to become a major player here. Of the others Pageant has shown some signs of ability but it may pay to stick with current form and Countrywide Girl gets the vote.
