held up in mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, switched left 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up on outside towards rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish
mid-division, ridden 3f out, switched left inside final furlong, ran on, not reach leaders
stumbled stalls, soon tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
led, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra
prominent, ridden over 3f out, hard ridden and headway over 1f out, challenged and led inside final furlong, readily
slowly into stride, towards rear, soon weakened
held up in touch, ridden 2f out, headway and led 1f out, ran on final furlong, headed close home
mid-division, ridden 3f out, not quickened
slowly into stride, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
An interesting two-year-old maiden to get proceedings underway with several likely newcomers including Royal Warrant and Swagger Stick but Farewell Gift sets a fair standard and should be tough to beat. The selection represents the powerful Richard Hannon stable and showed enough on his debut at Newbury to suggest a race of this nature would be well within his compass. Outclassed behind Nevesian Lad in the July Stakes subsequently, he should appreciate the drop in class today. Mick Channon's Saintly Place has shown only a modicum of ability and more solid claims are held by Alan King's Warm Hill, who lost no caste in defeat behind Go Bananas at Windsor last time. The Queen's Royal Warrant is bred to be useful but Andrew Balding's youngsters normally improve with racing, while Swagger Stick is likely to do better over further. All in all Farewell Gift holds solid claims and looks the percentage call.
