soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon behind
led briefly, remained in touch, ridden and outpaced final 2f
held up towards rear, pushed along halfway, headway when hampered over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home
dwelt, always behind
in touch, pushed along halfway, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
slowly into stride, never a factor
mid-division, pushed along halfway, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
mid-division, effort over 2f out, no impression
mid-division, pushed along and headway 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, kept on
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, pushed along halfway, ridden and no extra final furlong
dwelt and always behind
towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest at finish
Blue Moon Hitman is the pick over Happy Camper and Dine 'n' Dash, with Tiny Tim worth a mention. Blue Moon Hitman improved markedly for the fitting of blinkers when finishing third to a couple of higher-rated rivals, Salon Prive and Imtalkinggibberish, at Wolverhampton last week. In that race he also had two better thought of runners immediately behind, and so he must surely take all the beating off a mark of 40 unless that was just a fluke. We shall give him the benefit of the doubt and make him the one to beat. Happy Camper performed with credit for new connections when second at Lingfield last time, but tries six furlongs for the first time since March of last year and may be outpaced here. In addition he is not certain to uphold that Lingfield form with the third Dine 'n' Dash on today's terms. Tiny Tim was down the field behind both of them that day and is another that may struggle over the trip. All in all, Blue Moon Hitman has the best recent form and can pay to follow.
