slowly into stride, pulled hard, held up, ridden and weakened over 2f out
always prominent, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
slowly into stride, towards rear, pushed along halfway, stayed on, never nearer
raced wide and in mid-division, ridden and ran wide bend 2f out, soon weakened
made most until ridden and headed inside final furlong, jinxed right and no extra
dwelt, held up, headway approaching final furlong, ran on strongly under pressure, not reach winner, too much to do
tracked leaders, ridden to chase leader 2f out, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, outpaced over 4f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
outpaced over 4f out
This has the look of a decent maiden, and Mutanabi displayed plenty of promise on his debut to suggest he can take first prize, Optimus and Lake Chini could be the main dangers.This Godolphin colt, who changed hands for $1.6m at a breeze-up sale in Florida, showed speed to overcome a wide draw here on his debut and although he couldn't match the late burst of subsequent nursery winner Wedding Party, it was a promising start to his career. He was blowing hard at the end of that contest, suggesting he wasn't quite at full fitness, we should see some improvement today. Optimus took a while to realise what was required, but was doing some decent work in the home straight on his debut here, as with the selection improvement is almost guaranteed. Best of the newcomers could be the Michael Jarvis trained Lake Chini, a well bred son of Raise A Grand, who cost 70 thousand guineas as a yearling., note any market moves for this one. It is a race where the betting could provide valuable clues, but Mutanabi will probably go off a deserved favourite and gets our vote.
