held up in touch, driven to challenge over 2f out, soon hung right, weakened over 1f out
held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
always prominent, led over 3f out, clear entering final furlong, edged left, ran on
held up, ridden and effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
soon led, headed over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
mid-division, weakened over 2f out
held up, headway halfway, soon ridden and beaten
prominent, chased winner over 1f out, stayed on
held up, headway on outside over 1f out, never nearer
behind until some late headway, never nearer
A decent Nursery here and one that can be taken by the progessive Cyclical, with Viking Spirit, Coleorton Dancer and Bahamian Magic others to consider. The selection remains completely unexposed after just two runs, both of which have seen him finish first. His maiden success at Hamilton was straightforward enough, but he came on plenty last time to see off seven rivals in a similar race to this at Goodwood. Trip and ground suit and there looks plenty more to come so we will side with him. Viking Spirit shoulders top weight but he too looks to be going very much the right way. Back to back wins at Warwick and Nottingham at this trip mark him out as one for the short list and as he has improved with every run so far it would be churlish to suggest that that progression will stop today. Have a look at the market to see if confidence is high again. Coleorton Dancer is on a five-timer and is another scaling the heights of late. He stepped up to this trip nicely enough last time, though he would appreciate a bit more juice in the ground and might just get found out now. Of the others, Bahamian Magic makes some each way appeal following his Bath success, but he will have to come on plenty to land the winner's sash, and we will take Cyclical to put them all in a spin.
