made all, ridden over 2f out, hard pressed inside final furlong, held on well towards finish
in touch, ridden and effort when not clear run, approaching final furlong, switched left and ran on well towards finish, just failed
held up in touch, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, weakened when slightly hampered entering final furlong
held up, headway when not clear run over 3f out, switched outside over 2f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong
held up, headway and in touch 9f out, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, no extra final furlong
Alaared is our selection with Prairie Falcon the best of the rest, but none of the five runners can be ruled out in an open race. The John Dunlop trained Alaared showed a game attitude to win a moderate maiden at Newmarket last month having twice gone close previously. But he is not a straightforward type and can be a difficult ride because he has no right eye so can sometimes run into trouble. But he is going the right way and is tough and consistent so gets the vote this afternoon. Prairie Falcon has bags of ability and could return to form here having been below-par recently. He would take all the beating if he puts his best foot forward. Tiyoun won convincingly on his only previous visit to Redcar and is another that can't be discounted. Best Port did not get the race run to suit on this track earlier in the month but still ran a blinder and a reproduction of that effort would see him go close. Cheeky Girl is dropping in the weights and would have an outside chance, but Alaared is tough and our selection will be hard to beat in a good competitive contest.
