in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
reared start, towards rear, some late headway
in touch, ridden and lost place 2f out, soon weakened and eased
prominent until outpaced over 2f out, ridden and ran on again final furlong
towards rear, steady headway from 2f out, ridden and weakened approaching 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden to chase leaders 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders until ridden over 2f out to chase leders, weakened final furlong
mid division, not clear run over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, ridden and not quicken
mid division, ridden 3f out, kept on
towards rear, ridden 2f out, not troubled leaders
in touch, ridden 3f out to chase leaders, soon one paced
tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden and kept on, ridden out
always towards rear
slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened and eased when beaten
A high draw is usually an advantage here in sprints when the ground is on the firm side so it may be worth siding with Toppling, who is preferred over Tappit, Captain Cloudey and Majik. The Milton Bradley-trained five-year-old had been hard to win with after losing his maiden tag here when trained by Amanda Perrett as a three-year-old. However, he has returned to form with a vengeance this season and has benefited from the Bradley magic to score twice already this term. He then pulled too hard for an inexperienced jockey at Goodwood and is better judged on his previous form. The booking of Darryll Holland should bring out a better performance this evening and Toppling is taken to come out on top over his stablemate Tappit, who has plenty on at the weights despite his rider's claim.
