held up in touch, ridden approaching 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well
slowly into stride, soon prominent, ridden over 2f out, hanging left 1f out, eased inside final furlong when beaten
chased leader, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out
slowly away, always behind
started slowly, soon in touch, ridden and weakened 3f out
prominent for 2f
slowly into stride, held up, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, same pace final furlong
slowly into stride, always well behind
led until headed and ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
behind, some headway over 1f out, never nearer
slowly into stride, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, ridden and headway 2f out, soon onepaced
slowly into stride, headway after 2f, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out
very keen tracking leaders, led over 2f out, edged left 1f out, hung left and headed inside final furlong
With little public form to scrutinise, this is not a race to get too heavily involved in, but Soul Provider has the best credentials, and is selected ahead of Shalamak and the newcomers, Spring Breeze and Eight Ellington. The selection ran well on her debut, staying on late in the day to finish fifth at Warwick behind arguably the best juvenile filly seen so far this season, La Cucuracha. Ian Wood's filly followed that up with a second place behind another fair sort in Fortunately, and could just about be good enough to get off the mark here. Shalamak was relatively unfancied when last of five on her debut at Sandown, but should improve on that, while of the newcomers in the field the ones that make particular appeal are Mick Channon's nicely-bred Spring Breeze and also Eight Ellington. The latter is trained by Fulke Johnson Houghton, who won this race last year with none other than subsequent Dewhurst winner Tout Seul, so it would be no surprise if this one turned out to be quite smart.
