soon led, ridden 3f out, weakening when headed 2f out
slowly into stride, in rear and keen, some late progress
led, headed after 1f, stayed prominent, led again 2f out, pushed out
keen towards the rear, rapid headway on outside 5f out, weakening when ran wide on bend approaching home straight
keen hold mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, edged left and not reach
tracked leaders and keen, ridden and weakened over 1f out
towards rear, ridden and headway 3f out to chase leaders, one pace final furlong
Inch Lodge and Ferrybridge are the two that really catch the eye here and the narrow vote is given to Inch Lodge. The selection is a well-bred colt by Grand Lodge and providing he takes to the surface on his AW debut he should take plenty of beating. Ferrybridge is a well-bred filly and it would be no surprise to see her go well on her debut. The market will provide the clues here as to the chances of the newcomers but in the absence of that information we narrowly prefer Inch Lodge. La Viola looks the best of those with racecourse experience, but she looks the type who will do better in handicaps. This is a tricky race for punters to call but we will stick with Inch Lodge as the one they have to beat.
