dwelt, held up in rear, pushed along 5f out, soon ridden and outpaced
held up in rear, headway and effort over 3f out, no extra final 2f
held up towards rear, ridden 5f out, brief effort 4f out, weakened 3f out
raced keen, tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner 2f out, no chance final furlong
tracked winner, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and one pace final 2f
made all, pushed along 2f out, edged left and drew clear final furlong, easily
This should develop into a match between Most Definitely and Vipissana, with the former just preferred. Vipissana, trained by Sir Michael Stoute, has shaped encouragingly on both starts at Newmarket this season, most recently not doing herself too many favours by pulling quite hard in the early stages before finishing a three lengths second to Alared. She steps up in trip here and will need to settle better before she begins to live up to her true potential. Little Sky shaped well on her flat debut, but this very modest hurdler has a much stiffer task here, and Most Definitely will be a tough nut to crack. Tim Easterby's gelding has finished runner-up in his last four starts at around this trip, most recently behind the useful One Off in handicap company at Newcastle. This looks a slighly easier opportunity and we take him to score a deserved first win here.
