in touch, headway to join leader over 6f out, led 2f out, ridden clear over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
held up, ran in snatches, headway over 2f out, driven and stayed on to lead inside final furlong
led, headed 7f out, weakend over 1f out
held up mid-division, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, headway final furlong, ran on
slowly into stride, soon in touch, weakened over 3f out
slowly into stride, always in rear
close up, ridden 4f out, not much room over 1f out, soon weakened
pulled hard, held up in touch, hampered 7f out, ridden 3f out, chased clear leader over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
dwelt, held up in rear, some headway on wide outside from over 4f out, weakend over 2f out
held up, ridden and outpaced 4f out, headway over 1f out, kept on one pace
keen, tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, held up, never troubled leaders
A wide open handicap here with many in form rivals in opposition including Royal Prodigy, Reminiscent and Komati River and we will side with the bang in form Royal Prodigy. The gelding from the Ron Hodges yard won as seller in good style last time out and although he is unproven over a trip this far he is taken to score while he is in such good form.. Reminiscent rates a danger he was a good second behind Victory Quest last time but he gave the impression he was in the handicappers grip so for that reason he is passed over. Komati River is another that could go well as he runs well fresh and a reproduction of his second behind Most Saucy would see him go close especially as he should be suited by the step up in trip.Very Exclusive has dropped to a handy mark and is from a shrewd yard so is worth noting in the market. Of the remainder Compton Eclaire goes well at the track but is unproven over the trip, so in a tricky affair we are happy to stick with Royal Prodigy.