steadied start, held up well in rear, ran wide and plenty to do 2f out, ridden and ran on strongly final furlong, too much to do
led 1f, led again halfway, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
towards rear, never troubled leaders
led after 1f, headed halfway, led again over 2f out, soon ridden and headed, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, ridden and kept on 2f out, never nearer
always prominent, ridden 3f out, no impression 2f out
Inspector General, a seven lengths third behind Littlemissattitude in a classified stakes race over course and distance on Saturday drops into claiming company here and, although having to give weight away all round, will be popular choice to do so successfully. Norma Macauley has not had the best of winters on the all-weather but her horses are beginning to run into form so there could be further improvement to come from Illusionist, although is form is arguably better over seven furlongs. Pat Haslam is another trainer who traditionally does well at the track and saddles two, Londolozi Lad and Just Ern, with slight preference for the latter. Former Haslam inmate Air Of Esteem, now trained by David Nicholls, and Temper Tantrum from Andrew Reid's yard are others worthy of a mention but our selection is Dean Ivory's Kumakawa. The son of Dancing Spree failed by the narrowest of margins to beat Kanz Wood over course and distance on Tuesday and, under Chris Cogan, is worth a small investment to go one better.
