held up towards rear, headway on inner over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
held up in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, switched right over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
took keen hold towards rear, headway on outer 4f out, soon ridden, weakened over 2f, eased well over 1f
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, rallied to lead again inside last, kept on well
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on to take 2nd inside last
held up in mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression after
Sure to be no hanging about here with the likes of Archie Babe in attendance. However, Melodian also likes to bowl along at the head of affairs and he just edges the vote after posting a good effort at Beverley last week. Others to consider include: Albavilla, for whom Johnny Murtagh is a very interesting jockey booking, and Best Flight, who makes his turf debut today and is very lightly raced for a horse of his age. However, he faces no easy task at the weights and along with Meteorite Sun, is probably best watched today. Archie Babe, as a previous four-time winner at the track, obviously likes his racing around here but may find this trip is his bare minimum these days. So he is taken on with Melodian, who is well in with the likes of Rotuma, and he may be too hard to match for toe if he runs up to form again today.
