led 1f, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, ridden halfway, soon weakened
chased leaders, stayed on inside final furlong, never able to challenge
prominent, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
always prominent, led over 2f out, very easy
chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon every chance, no extra inside final furlong
led after 1f, ridden and headed over 2f out, one paced
slowly into stride, behind, stayed on final furlong, never able to challenge
held up in touch, ridden halfway, soon weakened
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
behind, ridden halfway, eased over 2f out
slowly into stride, behind, pulled up after 2f
chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no chance with winner
A number of interesting newcomers add spice to this race and one of them, Matloob, can make a winning debut and deny David Loder's Salisbury Plain and the more-experienced Russian Ruby. Of course, the market will provide a number of clues here and Salisbury Plain, a son of Mark Of Esteem and a Dancing Brave mare, looks to have good credentials to go with his 140,000gns price-tag. Matloob, a son of Halling, might just have the edge on him, though, and Philip Robinson has elected to ride him ahead of the other stable representative. For us, they are the ones to focus on but don't rule out Geoff Wragg's Miss La Napoule, Sir Mark Prescott's Major Danger and Neville Callaghan's promising Newmarket second, Russian Ruby. Dunlea Dancer met trouble in running on his debut and is another who can do better this time.
