chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, led briefly over 2f out, ridden until weakened
pulled hard, soon led, ran wide 3f out, never dangerous after
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, ran on well final furlong, nearest at finish
slowly into stride and always behind
slow away, behind, effort over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up in rear, ridden and smooth headway 2f out, kept on well to lead inside final furlong, comfortably
led early, chased leaders, carried wide 3f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, carried wide 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
held up in mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on final furlong
chased leaders, kept on same pace final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to lead 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Not a race that will take much winning and the vote goes to Espresso Time while Ryan's Future, La Corujera and Winthorpe are others worthy of note. Sean Keightley's charge has struggled a little in the face of some stiffish handicap marks but showed a race of this nature is within his scope when a close second off a mark of 65 in a competitive heat at Salisbury last month. A reproduction of the form may prove good enough in a race that lacks strength in depth. Ryan's Future represents a yard in good form at present and is entitled to improve on his unplaced debut effort at Windsor last month while Winthorpe has strong claims on his latest close second in a similar event at Ripon last month. La Corujera is well treated on official BHB ratings and won't be far away on the strength of some respectable performances in handicaps of late, while the booking of Darryll Holland could prove significant.
