chased leaders, lost place before halfway, soon beaten
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
behind until some late headway, never nearer
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon faded
prominent, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, driven and headway over 1f out, ran on to lead last strides
in touch, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, soon outpaced and behind
held up in touch, pulled hard early, weakened over 2f out
held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed and no extra close home
tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong
Sir Michael Stoute often uses Yarmouth as a stepping stone for some of his better juveniles and his entry Zalongo is a speculative choice here, and he can beat Ticki Tori and Muraabet. This well bred son of Zafonic is related to numerous winners including Posidonas and Carry The Flag. He will appreciate every yard of this trip and, if the market speaks in his favour he could be worth a small wager. Muraabet is trained by John Dunlop who's two-year-old's nearly always improve for there first outing, so a step up on his recent third at at Newmarket would see him go very close here. Ticki Tori also displayed plenty of ability first time up when finishing a close up third behind a well regarded Godolphin horse at York, and is entitled to plenty of respect.Mark Johnston's Barcardero and John Gosden's Paradise Mill are two other newcomers to watch out for in the betting, but Zalongo looks the part on paper and is a tentative choice.
