in touch, ridden and chased leader over 2f out, kept on one pace
in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
slowly into stride, towards rear, never nearer
in touch, ridden 5f out, soon lost place
led, headed 8f out, remained close up, ridden over 3f out, one pace
tracked leader, led 4f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
headway to lead 8f out, headed and weakened quickly 4f out
held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, pushed out
held up in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on same pace
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never placed to challenge
held up, headway over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
Many of the progeny of Sadler's Wells do not seem to handle the all-weather tracks but Pukka showed enough here last time to suggest that he is more than capable of taking a race of this nature and is the selection to win this at the main expense of Darn Good and Baawrah. The selection showed signs of ability in two starts on turf during the autumn and stepped up on that when a length third behind Rendezvous Point here over a mile. The step up in trip should suit and Luca Cumani's colt looks the one to beat. Baawrah showed his first worthwhile form on the Fibresand at Wolverhampton recently and has claims if taking to this surface, while Darn Good is consistent but not certain to stay today's trip. The John Jenkins-trained Chara failed to progress from an encouraging debut effort at Windsor when well beaten at Newmarket on his latest start but cannot be dismissed entirely, along with Hold The Line, who should appreciate the longer distance. Sir Mark Prescott's Elusive Dream is another worthy of a mention but may do better in handicaps and we stick with Pukka.
