chased leaders, effort over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway over 4f out, driven to lead over 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace
held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on same pace
always behind, tailed off
led early, remained prominent, effort well over 2f out, soon weakened
led after 1f, ridden and headed over 4f, soon weakened
in touch, chased leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong
mid-division, weakened over 3f out
in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon one pace
tracked leaders, led over 4f out, headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well
Arresting has been found a good opportunity here, with Lawrence Of Arabia, Weet A Head and Secret Jewel all likely show up well. The selection is well clear of these on official ratings and should really make short work of them. A course and distance winner in April, he has performed with credit at Newmarket in defeat on his two latest outings and the level of form he has shown has been consistently better than all his opponents, so we expect this drop to claiming company will see him win again. Lawrence Of Arabia also drops back in trip here though he has plenty to find with the selection on the book. He would probably prefer the ground to dry out more, but a 2lb drop will help and he can finish closer than of late here. Weet A Head has lees to find officially, but he won't mind any sort of ground and after two abortive attempts at a mile, he may be able to defy what his bloodlines suggest and perform better over this much longer trip coming from the shrewd connections he does. Of the others, Secret Jewel is dropping through the weights and is also blinkered for the first time here and Lady Herries may well be able to get the best out of the filly with those factors in mind, so don't rule her out, but Arresting stands out from the crowd here and he is our idea of the winner.
