took keen hold, held up, effort going easily 2f out, soon hard ridden, weakened final furlong
narrow lead to 2f out, led again approaching final furlong, hard driven, just held on near finish, all out
held up, ridden on outside, carried head high, edged right under pressure, no impression inside final 2f
chased leaders, pushed along to lead 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra final 100 yards
chased leaders, slightly outpaced 2f out, headway, not clear run and switched right to rail just inside final furlong, strong run final 100 yards, just failed
with leader until weakened over 1f out, eased when no chance final furlong
dwelt, behind and never going pace to trouble leaders, edged right inside final furlong
behind, ridden halfway, no chance when squeezed out over 1f out
Top-weight Malapropism is fancied to land the prize ahead of Isengard and Don't Tell Rosey. Mick Channon's team continue to go from strength to strength and this son of Compton Place took a recent event at Bath with something to spare. A rise of 5lb in the handicap doesn't look unduly harsh in the circumstances and a follow up is anticipated. Isengard failed to land a weak fillies handicap at Windsor on Monday. Some have suggested that she were an unlucky loser but she will need to reproduce much more than that bare form in order to land today's contest. She had Don't Tell Rosey behind her on a recent victory at Chepstow and that rival is now 3lb better off for a quarter-of-a-length beating. Litewska is strictly held on recent form by Isengard and appears not to have trained on from her juvenile days. Tokewanna did finish placed in a juvenile event at the track last year and is watched in the market. Roman Quintet's better form is on an artifical surface while the remainder look difficult to fancy with much conviction.
