in touch, lost place over 3f out, soon behind
started slowly, ridden along behind, kept on from over 1f out, never dangerous
held up, ridden 3f out, stayed on same pace final 2f
in rear, ridden over 4f, never dangerous
held up towards rear, under pressure 3f out, kept on from over 1f out, never troubled leaders
towards rear, outpaced 4f out, soon lost place and well behind 3f out
slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, ridden 3f out, ran green and kept on one pace
held up, headway 2f out, kept on from over 1f out but not reach leaders
tracked leader, led after 2f, ridden clear 2f out, unchallenged
led 2f, track winner after, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, well held from over 1f out
mid-division until weakened over 2f out
The $100,000 son of Fusaichi Pegasus, Almavara, catches the eye here and gets the vote in the opener ahead of Perfect Story. Unless the market tells a radically different story, the Jeremy Noseda-trained selection is certainly of great interest, but Perfect Story, a decent second to Avanti Avanti over course and distance on his latest start, represents a reasonable opponent. Of the others, the David Loder-trained Yo Pedro showed some promise on his debut but, like Contented and Empire Of The Sun, has to improve on that to score here, while the Amanda Perrett and Mark Johnston newcomers, Turner's Touch and Orion Bell, have to be granted respect. However, the one that catches the eye is Almavara and he gets the vote.
