held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong, nearest finish
slowly into stride, always towards rear
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, no impression
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace
started very slowly, behind, steady headway over 1f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer
held up in touch, ridden and effort over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, no chance with winner
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon beaten
tracked leader, headway to lead over 2f out, clear final furlong, ran on well
held up in touch, pushed along over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace
A competitive start to Newmarket's Cambridge meeting with 13 runners lining up over 1m4f in the day's Showcase handicap. After nine fruitless starts this season, Mark Johnston's Robandela finally opened his account for the season at Hamilton last week. However, a 3lb penalty for that and this tougher opposition will make it hard for this most resilient of characters to follow up. Royal Cavalier was rather fortunate to in at Doncaster last month, where the runner-up Solo Flight had anything but a clear passage and may struggle to win again off his new mark, while topweight King's Mill has yet to prove his effectiveness over this trip. Marcus Tregoning's Elsaamri makes a belated reappearance and, with the stable only just coming back after a spell with the cough, he is entitled to need the outing. It can, at this stage of the season, often pay to follow the three-year-olds in all age handicaps and John Dunlop's In Disguise is certainly one to consider. The son of Nashwan has been on the go for some time now though and we prefer to side with Reveillez, who gets the TEAMtalk selection. The First Trump colt has shown improved form since being stepped up to this distance recently and, although disappointing at York last time, he may not have stopped improving yet.
