slowly away, held up in rear, never placed to challenge
hung right throughout, chased leaders 4f
slowly into stride, never nearer
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace final 2f
prominent for 4f
held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never nearer
disputed lead until halfway, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression final furlong
raced wide, chased leaders, ridden halfway, one pace final 2f
held up, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong
disputed lead, led halfway, ridden out
Lord Merlin and Finningley Connor are best in by some way on official BHB ratings but neither have been in particularly good form of late and look worth taking on with German raider Recadero. Seven times a winner in his native country, the son of Dashing Blade overcame an eight month absence to land a claimer at Clairefontaine, after which he was claimed by current connections. In a poor contest, he looks worth a bet to justify the journey from mainland Europe. Lord Merlin finished a length behind Johannesburg in the Norfolk Stakes as a two-year-old but has shown very little since then and the David Nicholls-trained gelding is probably best watched. A similar comment applies to Ronald Thompson's Finningley Connor. There is little to recommend the other runners with the likes of Brendan Powell's The Gay Fox, Alan Berry's Lion's Domane and the Reg Hollinshead-trained Heathyardsblessing the most likely horses to take advantage of below par efforts from those previously mentioned. However, on current form, Recadero looks the one to be on.