held up, headway over 2f out, led entering final furlong, strongly challenged well inside final furlong, held on well
held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten
led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, rallied inside final furlong, just held
slowly into stride, held up, headway when hampered over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, driven and effort over 1f out, soon every chance, weakened inside final furlong
prominent over 5f
slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
The Prince has obvious form claims here and is chosen to beat Heversham and Naughty Girl. The Ian Williams trained ten-year-old is not the force of old but still managed to win off a mark of 85 last September, unless one of the unexposed runners is decent, the selection looks to have an easy task. Heversham was successful on the all-weather in February, but his turf form leaves him with a fair bit to find with the selection. Naughty Girl is the interesting runner, she won off a mark of 74 last season, and although dropping down the handicap following some poor performances, she is entitled to go close if running up to her best. Of the others Soviet Spirit is open to improvement, but if the extra year hasn't taken it's toll, The Prince looks the one to be on.
