held up in touch, ridden and effort 2f out, stayed on one pace final furlong
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway into mid-division 3f out, switched left 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
took keen hold, held up towards rear, no headway final 2f
chased leaders, hard driven final furlong, ran on to lead final strides
slowly into stride, soon ridden into mid-division on inside, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out
behind, switched towards inside and headway final furlong but no danger
dictated steady pace, ridden and edged left final furlong, headed final strides
slowly away, headway on outside over 1f out, stayed on steadily inside final furlong
in touch, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
took keen hold, tracked leaders, edged left 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
raced wide in mid-division, effort on wide outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
Giant Slalom gets the vote over Toucantini and Buddies Girl in an interesting contest. Buddies Girl had shown plenty of ability at some of the top tracks before finishing well beaten in a sales race at Ascot last time. These sales races tend to be competitive affairs and she should not be discounted. Toucantina will be a popular choice here, representing Roger Charlton. The Inchinor filly has just had the one outing but shaped with considerable promise, doing all her best work at the finish. She was beaten comfortably though, and there is a big question mark about those runners she beat. Giant Slalom's ability to handle the all-weather surface has to be taken on trust, but he ran well on his Pontefract debut, finishing just a length second behind a well backed winner. A son of Tomba, Willie Haggas' runner will have improved for the run and the field were well strung out at Pontefract, suggesting it was a well run race. Giant Slalom can weave his way through and take this.
Giant Slalom 9-2 (8-12) Held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 10, 1l behind Our Blessing (8-13) at Pontefract 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gs in Oct.
Hanbrin Bhoy (IRE) 14-1 (8-12) With leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 10, 1l behind Flores Sea (8-9) at Pontefract 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gs in Oct.
Wisdom's Kiss Ocean Of Wisdom gelding, half-brother to winners up to 7f.
Buddies Girl (IRE) 50-1 (8-4) Tracked leaders to over 2f out, soon weakened, 17th of 22, 25l behind Indian Ink (8-9) at Ascot 6f 2yo flls auc (2) sft in Sept.
Swing On A Star (IRE) Celtic Swing filly out of an unraced mare.
Toucantini 33-1 (8-6) Held up in rear, headway on outside 3f out, ridden to dispute 2nd 1f out, kept on, 2nd of 10, 5l behind Diamond Diva (8-5) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn aut (5) pol in Oct.
Balanchine Moon Zilzal filly out of the French maiden Crescent Moon.
News of The Day (IRE) 7-2 (8-5) Tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, edged right inside final furlong, one pace, 4th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Our Blessing (8-13) at Pontefract 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gs in Oct.
