slowly into stride, pulled hard in mid-division, ridden and headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on towards finish
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
always prominent, ridden over 2f out, every chance final furlong, ran on
slowly into stride, ran green in mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, led 1f out, driven out
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, no extra towards finish
always behind, lost touch final 3f
prominent until ridden and weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, held up, never dangerous
Two newcomers catch the eye here, Bernasconi and Regal Parade and we will take a chance on the last named, Arch Of Titus looks best of the experienced runners. The last two Mark Johnston trained newcomers owned by the Sheik have bombed out after drifting in the betting. So the proviso here is that there is some market support. On saying that Regal Parade looks the part on paper, he is a 430 thousand guineas son of Pivotal out of a winning daughter of Kingmambo. With that sort of breeding he is hard to oppose in such a modest event. Bernasconi is related to numerous winners in America and this son of Rahy should also be monitored closely in the market. Arch Of Titus has had many chances and returned from a break with an excellent effort over course and distance earlier this month. If the debutantes are short on fitness he should be the one to benefit. All in all a race where the betting is most important but without that knowledge we will give a tentative vote to Regal Parade.
Arch of Titus (IRE) 15-8 (9-3) Chased leaders, switched left well over 1f out, kept on, no impression, 2nd of 10, 3l behind Soft Morning (8-12) at W'hampton 7f 3yo mdn (5) pol.
Bernasconi (USA) Rahy colt out of 6f winner Argentina.
Muncaster Castle (IRE) 9-2 (8-11) Towards rear, headway to chase leaders soon after, weakened 2f out, 5th of 9, 5l behind Bentley (8-12) at W'hampton 6f 3yo hcp (6) pol.
New World Order (IRE) 4-7fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead briefly well over 1f out, soon beaten, 3rd of 10, 6l behind Great Explorer (9-3) at W'hampton 7f 3yo mdn aut (6) pol.
Regal Parade Pivotal gelding out of 7f winner Model Queen.
Carrie McCurry (IRE) 7-4fav (8-5) Outpaced, ridden and effort over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 5l behind New York Oscar (9-0) at Southwell 5f 2yo mdn auc (5) fbs in Dec.
Lady Cartuccia 7-1 (8-12) Very slowly into stride, kept on near finish, 5th of 9, 11l behind All of Me (9-3) at W'hampton 7f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Dec.
Meadfoot 28-1 (8-9) Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 7l behind Dressed To Dance (8-12) at W'hampton 7f 3yo mdn (5) pol.
