held up, chased winner 4f out, ridden and hung left under pressure approaching final furlong, no extra near finish
soon led and set steady pace, quicken up well 3f out, ran on
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up, tracking leaders, closer order on inside 5f out, not pace of leaders inside final furlong
held up, effort over 2f out, kept on to chase clear winner close home
The lightly raced Ollie George is the interesting one here and he is selected ahead of Sugar Ray and the versatile Crossbow Creek. The last named may be adaptable regarding his style of racing and has been a grand servant to his connections. But he is also getting a little long in the tooth to be expecting to post an improved display; so he is reluctantly passed over today. Sugar Ray was an expensive purchaser and is related to some top class individuals. However, he is not in the same league as some of his family members and, even though it is noteworthy his connections are keeping him on the go as a four-year-old, he is never going to be a star pupil at Sir Michael Stoute's yard. So this appears to be a good starting point for Ollie George to get his 2008 campaign off to a flyer. The son of Fruits Of Love won this on his reappearance last year, so obviously goes well fresh. Which is a big positive in Ollie George's bid to overcome a 5lb higher mark as he bids for back-to-back wins this afternoon.
Ollie George (IRE) 11-1 (8-11) In touch, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace final 2f, 5th of 20, 4 1/2l behind Sentry Duty (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 6f hcap (2) gd in May.
Sugar Ray (IRE) 7-2 (8-13) Led after 1f, ridden over 3f out, headed 2f out, soon one pace, 3rd of 6, 4 1/2l behind Pippa Greene (9-4) at Leicester 1m 4f 3yo hcp (2) sft in Oct.
Resonate (IRE) 9-2 (8-11) Held up 4th, chased leaders and effort 2f out, not quicken and one pace from over 1f out, 4th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Rationale (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-80 (4) pol in Feb.
Hawridge King 8-1 (9-9) Mid-division, headway under pressure to chase leaders 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, 11th of 16, 22l behind Highland Legacy (9-0) at Newbury 2m hcp 0-75 (5) gs in Oct.
Mister Right (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Steadied start, behind, ridden headway and hung right from over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 11, 3/4l behind Kahara (8-7) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcap (4) gf in Sept.
Crossbow Creek 20-1 (9-0) 9th of 11, 10l behind Basra (8-8) at Great Leighs 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) std.
Obrigado (USA) 12-1 (9-3) Slowly away, held up in last place, ridden and headway over 1f out, not clear run just inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 6th of 10, 3l behind Shogun Prince (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar.
