held up, effort over 5f out, outpaced from 3f out
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon outpaced
in rear, ridden over 4f out, never dangerous
tracked leader, shaken up to lead over 2f out, quickened clear over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, no impression
slowly into stride, pushed along and soon mid-division, ridden halfway, never dangerous
held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, never dangerous
held up, in touch, ridden halfway, never a factor
tracked leaders and keen, outpaced from over 2f out
Salaasa is the recommendation for the opener with Veracity and Lucy Rebecca as the obvious dangers. Salaasa hails from the very much in-form Mark Johnston stable and shaped as if a winter on his back would be of benefit. Second at Newcastle on his final outing of the year, he travelled well but was probably beaten by his own immaturity when push came to shove. Compensation awaits. Veracity was tried on soft going at Windsor on debut so is difficult to assess. He shaped as if needing a trip although his lack of fancy entries is something of a negative. Lucy Rebecca plugged on for ninth in a back end Newmarket maiden. More can be anticipated. Murdoch narrowly missed out on his sole juvenile start when running above his 50/1 odds but he was well adrift on his first run this term. John Dillon looks sure to be up there from flagfall and looks the pick of the Pat Haslam entry. Salaasa looks to have all the ticks in the right boxes and is likely to be priced accordingly.
