tracked leader, pushed along halfway, effort when hampered over 1f out, not recovered
mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace final furlong
dwelt, soon prominent, effort 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, ran on final furlong to lead close home
towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and not much room over 1f out, stayed on same pace
led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
in touch, pushed along to lead over 1f out, ridden and kept on final furlong, headed close home
never better than mid-division
prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
hampered soon after start, towards rear, headway over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
If his last run can be ignored this looks like a good chance for Pip's Magic to get his head in front ahead of Parker and Smirfy's Party. The selection ran well over course and distance on his penultimate start to be beaten only narrowly into fourth place. A reproduction of that run should be good enough to land this non-too-competitive classified stakes where there only appears to be a couple of dangers. Smirfy's Party has arguably got the best form in the race but is held by the selection on their running two weeks ago and there is no logical reason why he should reverse the form off this higher mark. Parker put up his best display of the season last time out at Wolverhampton and would go close if running to that level of form. The suspicion, however, is he is better on an artificial surface and not being totally reliable he is opposable here. Pip's Magic, then, is the call provided he can be forgiven his latest non-effort at Newcastle.
