dwelt, held up, headway over 1f out, never nearer
led 1f, hampered and led again over 3f out, switched to stand side well over 2f out, soon hung left, driven and headed inside final furlong, rallied, just held
slowly into stride, towards rear, never dangerous
held up, ridden headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
mid-division, outpaced halfway, driven to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, held on
hampered start, behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged left, stayed on, never troubled leaders.
chased leaders, hung left over 2f out, weakend final furlong
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
held up in touch, hung left halfway, never dangerous
slowly into stride, outpaced, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led after 1f, slipped and lost lead over 3f out, soon beaten
went left start, chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out
Not the best contest and one that can be taken by Mick Channon-trained Futoo. The colt has been well beaten on his two starts to date, but the step up in trip plus those experiences will certainly be to his advantage here. Furthermore, with the yard in magnificent form at present and three weeks since his last run to allow him to continue his progress at home, he is a tentative selection to land what is an uninspiring race. Big Bradford was second here to Mac Love, another Channon-trained runner, last time out and so the Lambourn handler probably has the best form lines to this race on his gallops. That said, the performance of Big Bradford looked no fluke and as he is the only other horse here to have made the frame he is well respected. Of the others with experience, Piccolo Prince and Morse make some appeal. Both thrashed on their only appearances so far, we are taking improvement on trust, but both yards would be looking for that improvement sooner rather than later and we can anticipate better showings here, though a win for either would be a bit of a turn up.
