raced centre, chased leaders 4f
raced alone far side, with leaders over 3f, hung left over 1f out, weakened final furlong
raced centre, slowly away, hampered soon after start, pushed along in rear, headway halfway, effort over 1f out, one paced final furlong
raced centre, held up in touch, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong
raced centre, edged left start, held up, always towards rear
raced centre, broke well, struggling after 2f
raced centre, mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out
raced centre, led, headed 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace
raced centre, prominent, every chance from 2f out, hung right and led approaching final furlong, ridden out
keen, raced centre, with leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, stayed on
raced centre, towards rear, never nearer
Joseph Henry catches our eyes here and gets the call ahead of Valjarv, Word Perfect, Our Fugitive, Totally Yours and Nota Bene. The Mark Johnston-trained selection has been competing fairly well at a decent level this season, including when third over today's trip to Andronikos at Doncaster last time in a Listed race. If he performs to the level of that form here, he looks the one to beat. With solid form at around the 90 mark (the selection is rated 100), Valjarv should be competitive for a place, while the lightly raced Nota Bene certainly has the scope to improve upon his rating of 84 following a Windsor maiden win. However, the Listed placed Golden Anthem holds better claims if returning to the level of her Listed summer placing. Word Perfect's York third to Ingleton last time reads as pretty good form and we know that she will handle the going ok, while Our Fugitive is closely weighted with her using the same horse as the form benchmark. If cheekpieces bring about a return to the best form of Totally Yours, then he too would have chances but, overall, we will just side with Joseph Henry to enable the juveniles to get the better of the three-year-olds.
