slowly into stride, in rear and outpaced, never dangerous
close up on outer, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on until weakened inside final furlong
in touch, effort 2f out, soon ridden and weakened over 1f out,
held up towards rear, kept on from over 1f out but not troubled leaders
pulled hard, tracked leaders early, lost place half way, weakened quickly 2f out
held up towards rear, steady headway over 2f out, ran on well final furlong to lead near finish
took keen hold, tracked leader, effort 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
held up midfield, ridden and weakened over 2f out,
led to half way, tracked leader until led again over 2f out, stayed on well, headed near finish
prominent over 4f, weakend 2f out
tracked leaders 4f, weakened 2f out,
towards rear, headway over 2f out, ran green, kept on final furlong, nearest finish
Richard Hannon's Forward Move only went down by a short head on his Kempton debut earlier this month and has to be respected but more solid claims on form are probably held by Salinja, who gets the vote over Palatinate. The last mentioned showed improved form at Newmarket last month but would probably prefer a softer surface. A similar comment probably applies to David Elsworth's Wotchalike who has run with credit in both starts so far but may again find things happening too quickly for him. Marcus Tregoning's Zeena showed little sign of ability on her debut but the stable's horses are in better form now so she may step up on that effort today. Nerys Dutfield's horses normally improve with racing so Monad may be a good deal better than is evident so far but, in a poor race, Salinja gets the vote. Amanda Perrett's colt lost no caste in defeat on his Newmarket debut in a better race than this and with the stable's youngsters normally better on their second start improvement can be anticipated from the son of Boundary.
