pulled hard early and steadied rear, headway on inside when not clear run briefly over 2f out, stayed on under pressure to chase winner, no impression
keen hold, steadied behind leading pair, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, driven to challenge over 2 and soon beaten
narrow lead and dictated steady pace, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened quickly well over 1f out
with leader, led and quickened over 3f out, in command from over 1f out, stayed on well
tracked leading pair, ridden to chase winner briefly just over 1f out, onepaced final furlong
A disappointing turnout for decent prize money but the progressive Day Fort should account for recent winners Glimmer of Light, Racing Night and Giocoso. Marcus Tregoning's inmate caught the eye on debut when finishing fifth behind Bi Polar at Kempton in April over a mile and he seemed perfectly suited by the step up in trip when landing a modest event at Bath over 1m 1f. A handicap mark of 80 looks none-too-steep for the son of Tagula and we will give him our verdict today. Ryan Cody-Boutcher caught his rivals napping when he landed a prize at Kempton aboard Glimmer of Light but it is likely that the jockeys will be alive to those tactics today. The horse looks to be a decent handicapper in the making. There were talks of the Britannia Handicap after Giocoso's victory in a maiden at Chepstow. His time was a couple of seconds adrift of standard for the mile course so he will need to have improved in order to book a place in the bigger handicaps this term. The second in that Chepstow race was placed in a Newbury maiden on Thursday. Racing Night has not always impressed with his attitude but he did win a few friends with a gutsy front-running display at Lingfield last time out. Today's competition is a lot stronger. Artistry is still a maiden after twelve racecourse appearances.
