held up in mid-division, headway 3f out, chased leader inside final 2f, led over 1f out, soon edged right, driven and kept on well near finish
chased leaders, close up 2f out, weakened 1f out
held up in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, no impression and weakened approaching final furlong
in touch, effort to chase leaders 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders on inner, hard ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong
held up towards rear, hard ridden and not quicken 3f out, still plenty to do 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong, took 2nd near finish
held up in rear, brief effort on inner and hard ridden 3f out, soon weakened
tracked leader to well over 1f out, close up when not much room and checked over 1f out, kept on towards finish
dropped in from wide draw and held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 1f out, kept on final furlong
set good pace, headed over 1f out, kept on well under pressure, lost 2nd near finish
behind, hard ridden 3f out, soon struggling
Faayej can see off Dream Magic, Lady McNair and Barry Island in the finale. Sir Michael Stoute's charge has not really repaid too much of his expensive purchase price but the fact that Sheikh Hamdan has not sold him over the winter leads us to believe that he is probably better than what we have seen thus far. Dream Magic ran a solid race at Newbury and should be thereabouts again. Lady McNair ran an encouraging race behind Henesey's Leg and looks to be coming to peak fitness. Barry Island has ability but the stable is not in great form. He holds Best Be Going on a recent run but that was Best Be Going's first run and he can forgiven that effort. Tender Falcon is a course and distance winner and it is highly interesting that Frankie McDonald, who won on him previously, has been jocked off in favour of Johnny Murtagh. A tight handicap in which a chance is taken with Faayej but more than a cursory glance in the market is made about Best Be Going.
