behind, fade on final 2f but never dangerous
led 2f, stayed tracking leader, challenged and edged left inside final furlong, rallied near finish, just failed
chased leaders, pushed along 4f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, challenged and hung left to centre course well over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, hard driven final furlong, just held on all out
close up, ridden and kept on same pace final 2f
in mid-division, weakened and well behind final 3f
in touch to halfway, soon lost place and behind
towards rear, pushed along 4f out, kept on same pace final 2f but never dangerous
in touch until weakened 2f out
close up, hard ridden 3f out, soon weakened
in touch, effort on wide outside over 2f out, close up over 1f out, soon hung left and no extra final furlong
towards rear, kept on steadily final 2f, nearest finish
slowly away, behind until some late moderate headway
tracked leader, led after 2f, headed 1f out, not quicken
A typical big field Windsor maiden with horses from top stables, Michael Stoute likes to plunder these prizes and Motive is given the nod, with Coming Again and Nietzsche put forward as alternatives. This expensive purchase ran a race full of promise when finishing a four length fifth behind Night Frolic at Kempton last time. The form has already been given a boost with the ninth home easily winning at Ascot on Saturday. Motive should be open to plenty of improvement and could land this before moving on to better things. Coming Again ran a cracker on his debut behind So Will I over six furlongs, before slightly disappointing over this trip on his seasonal debut. The softish ground may have been against him in that contest and we expect an improved performance this time. Nietzsche finished behind Coming Again in that Newmarket maiden but ran a belter next time on better ground when finishing runner up to the smart Crystal, another big run is expected. Of the newcomers John Gosden's Plummet is worth a look in the betting but for the winner we return to Motive.
