took keen hold early, held up, headway over 1f out, driven and ran on well inside final furlong, finished fast
awkward leaving stalls, restrained in touch, ridden halfway, soon weakened
slowly into stride, green and outpaced in rear, shaken up 2f out, headway towards stand rail over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
chased leader until weakened 2f out
soon prominent, hard ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
took keen hold early, held up, ridden and weakened over 2f out
led, ridden and strongly pressed over 1f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong, kept on
held up in rear, headway towards far side over 2f out, chased leader over 1f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, ran on
chased leaders over 3f
Aaim For Applause sets a decent standard and Mick Channon's colt gets the vote to gain a deserved first success on ground that should suit, getting the verdict ahead of Eastern Gift and Little Wing. The last mentioned showed promise on his Goodwood debut but would need to improve to trouble the judge so may be best watched. Tina's Best handled the ground well enough on his first start but again needs to improve, while Mark Johnston's Jaadull is nicely bred but the yard's runners tend to need their first start. Neville Callaghan's Red Alert Day ran promisingly on his Newmarket debut but that was on a fast surface and he is far from certain to handle today's more testing ground. The ground should not be a problem for Eastern Gift and Richard Hannon's colt has to be respected but Aaim For Applause holds solid claims and he gets the vote.
