held up in rear, headway 4f out, ridden well over 2f out, no impression when edged right 1f out
held up, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, never dangerous
slowly into stride, held up, ridden and headway well over 1f out, kept on
prominent, led over 3f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent until weakened well over 2f out, eased when no chance over 1f out, virtually pulled up inside final furlong
held up, headway going well over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, not quicken
ridden over 3f out, always towards rear
took keen hold, always prominent, led well over 1f out, kept on, headed final strides
tracked leader, led 6f out until over 3f out, ridden and weakened well over 1f out
led until 6f out, pushed along and weakened over 2f out
held up in rear, headway well over 2f out, soon ridden, ran on inside final furlong to lead final stride
mid-division, headway on outside 4f out, weakened well over 2f out
Ziet d'Alsace is becoming rather expensive to follow and may be best watched in a race where Colemanstown is taken to supplement his recent Southwell success at the main expense of Sylva Royal. The selection was making his all-weather debut that day when coming from off the pace to collar previous winner William's Well. His running style suggests that the Polytrack should cause no problems and as that Southwell race was in an amateur riders' contest Brian Ellison's gelding escapes a penalty. Mark Brisbourne's Adobe had to drop into banded stakes company to resume winning ways last month and is clearly not as good as he once was so a bigger danger may come from Head Boy, although he has yet to prove his effectiveness over today's trip. Clive Brittain's Sylva Royal is less exposed than most of these and is of more interest than My Lilli. Tokewanna and Molinia are both recent winners in banded races and may well struggle against Colemanstown, who could be too classy for his rivals.
