held up in rear, headway approaching final furlong, stayed on close home
tracked leaders, pressed winner from over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, held near finish
slowly into stride, soon recovered to chase leaders, pushed along 3f out, outpaced over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
tracked leader, led 2f out, hung right final furlong, all out
slowly into stride, held up in rear, kept on final furlong, not pace to challenge
held up in touch, effort approaching final furlong, ridden and kept on same pace
A very difficult race to assess with hardly anything other than bloodlines to go on, and we will take a chance on Crystalline to get the better of stablemate Elizabethan Age and Road Rage. The selection is bred to do well at this trip as a juvenile, and with David Loder's team still doing extremely well at this level then she is put forward as a tentative choice, though as usual the market should be watched for further clues. Elizabethan Age is drawn next door and is another beautifully bred sort, who also looks likely to go well at this trip first time out, and we do not have a strong case top put you off her, or indeed Thakafaat, who looks the picks of John Dunlop's duo. Meanwhile Road Rage is entitled to improve for his debut here over course and distance behind Librettist the other week, though he should do better with age. Our tentative selection here then is Crystalline.
