slowly into stride, headway on outside 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
with winner until over 1f out, weakened final furlong
made all, shaken up, ran on final furlong, comfortable
slowly into stride, pulled hard, held up in rear, headway 2f out, ridden and soon hung left, kept on same pace
chased leaders over 4f
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong
Bahiano looks capable of getting the losses back here at the expense of Boavista, Resplendent King and Hatch. Bahiano was backed to step up on last season's juvenile efforts when lining up over a mile at Woverhampton in January, but found Play Master too strong close home. The drop back to seven furlongs on the quicker Polytrack will not tax his stamina as much, and although bred to get a mile, Bahiano should be more at home here for the time being. Kieren Fallon has been booked as well which is another plus point, and he should prove hard to beat. Boavista is much more experienced but is fully exposed and is from a family of sprinters, but Resplendent King shapes as though he would benefit from a longer trip judged on his latest outing here over a mile. Sent off as favourite he lost his place and was staying on again when having to be snatched up inside there final furlong. Hatch ran well on his all-weather debut at Wolverhampton when second to Blue Empire, but that was in claiming company so he too has more to do, and along with the rest, will struggle to contain Bahiano.
