soon led, quickened approaching final furlong, carried head to one side but ran on and drew clear final furlong
raced wide, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one paced
switched left after start, behind, effort over 2f out, not quicken approaching final furlong and soon beaten
towards rear, pushed along halfway, never a factor
held up, pushed along halfway, soon outpaced and beaten
chased leaders, ridden and not quicken 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong
steady to start, held up well in rear, switched right and headway over 2f out, not clear run over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, never reached leaders
pressed leaders, chased winner in every chance over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened
held up in rear, headway switched left to near side rail 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong to take 2nd last 100 yards, no chance with winner
soon chased winner to over 2f out, weakened final 2f
keen hold early, restrained in touch, ridden along over 2f out, soon struggling
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, outpaced approaching final furlong
Mark Johnston, who took this last year with Helm Bank, is double handed this year with Doncaster winner Pearl Of Love and Patterdale, who is the choice of stable jockey Keith Dalgleish. He may have got it wrong. Pearl Of Love along with Tycoon, Unrivalled and Divine Gift look the ones to concentrate on with the latter getting a narrow vote. Jeremy Noseda's colt looked very much in need of the outing on his debut at Newmarket, but shaped surprisingly well behind runaway winner Old Deuteronomy, who was given a 25/1 quote for next years 2000 Guineas on the back of a scintillating debut. Divine Gift is bred to be well suited by this stiffer test as he is a half-brother to a winning hurdler and to 10-furlong winner Sharp Play. Tycoon represents team O'Brien and this half-brother to the smart Half Glance is sure to be all the wiser for his debut. He will take a lot of beating. Pearl Of Love, a wide margin winner at Doncaster is another who will appreciate this stiffer test. Unrivalled and Rio De Jumeirah are both open to plenty of improvement, but will need to.
