slowly into stride, always behind, lost touch over 4f out, tailed off
close up, ridden and weakened 3f out, tailed off
slowly into stride, always behind, tailed off 3f out
prominent until hard ridden and weakened over 1f out
dwelt, soon mid-division, stayed on same pace 2f out, never able to challenge
slowly into stride, towards rear, hard ridden and struggling 2f out, tailed off
held up, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on under pressure
took keen hold mid-division, weakened quickly over 2f out, tailed off
tracked leaders, led over 4f out, headed, one pace and held up when snatched inside final furlong
always prominent, challenged 2f out, driven to lead and edged left inside final furlong, ran on well
in touch, ridden over 3f out, driven and hung left over 1f out, kept on
soon tracking leader, led halfway, headed over 4f out, ridden and weakened quickly over 2f out
behind, ridden and headway 4f out, stayed on final furlong, not pace to trouble leaders
An interesting contest with a number of unexposed types from powerful yards in opposition. Luca Cumani saddles both Epitome and Katmandu with the former showing useful form when a staying-on third over a mile on heavy ground at Nottingham late last month. However, she is out of a Mr Prospector mare and may find this trip stretching her stamina so is passed over on this occasion in favour of Heronetta. The TEAMtalk selection has previous experience on this surface having run promisingly over the course and distance in July while a reproduction of her effort when fourth over 11f at Bath last month should suffice at this level. Katandi has clearly had her problems since twice finishing runner-up in maidens during the summer and flopped on her recent return to action. Winning hurdler and chaser Chaos Theory made little impact on his Flat debut at Catterick and, along with Dramraire Mist and Mentro, needs to improve to figure.
