chased leaders, ridden and every chance 2f out, one pace final furlong
held up towards rear, smooth headway on bit on outside from 3f out, led going easily inside final furlong, soon clear
never better than mid-division
led to 9f out, stayed pressing leader to 2f out, weakened quickly
slowly into stride, held up, reached mid-division 3f out, never dangerous
held up in rear, headway final 2f, nearest finish
close up, ridden to lead well over 1f out, headed just inside final furlong, soon outpaced
slowly into stride, behind until some late moderate headway
dwelt, soon recovered to track leaders, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened final furlong
soon detached in rear, tailed off from halfway
prominent, ran very wide bend 9f out, stayed close up until weakened 3f out
held up towards rear until passed weakening rivals final 2f, no danger
chased leaders, pushed along from halfway, weakened over 3f out
African Dawn ran well enough on his first start since joining Gerald Cottrell and is taken to open his account for new connections at the main expense of Make My Hay and Adjiram. The last mentioned has been equipping himself well in Banded stakes races of late but may find this company too hot so a bigger threat may come from Make My Hay. A Banded stakes winner at Kempton last month, he showed improved form when second at Windsor subsequently and has to be respected. Top weight Escalade comes from the in-form stable of Mark Brisbourne and can usually be relied upon to run up to form. However, he is set to drop 3lbs in future handicaps and may have too much weight. A market move for Cristoforo would be of interest, as it would for Perida, while Summer Cherry has shown signs of a return to form of late and is another worthy of a mention. This may not be as competitive as the numbers suggest though and African Dawn, who was not beaten far last time, looks the one to be on.
