mid-division, chased along halfway, effort 2f out, soon beaten
towards rear, pushed along and some headway over 2f out, no extra final furlong
chased leaders to halfway
mid-division, effort over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
dwelt towards rear, raced wide and ridden 3f out, never near to challenge
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, every chance entering final furlong, stayed on same pace
pushed along 2f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong til headed inside, no extra
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, kept on
prominent on outer, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong
Contagious is the choice here with Bookiesindexdotcom and Pure Folly the others for the shortlist. The selection made a promising debut behind Go Between at Yarmouth last month and a reproduction of that effort should be good enough here. She stayed on well on that day, and looked to be a filly to follow, so she is the confident choice here providing she takes to the surface. Bookiesindexdotcom might be good enough to take a place, although she has been largely disappointing to follow. However, she does have plenty of racecourse experience and may be able to put that to good use here, even if she has looked like one that might be going the wrong way. Pure Folly is more likely to be the one to trouble our selection on her racecourse debut and any market support for this filly should be noted. She is related to several six furlong winners and Sir Mark Prescott is more than capable of readying a filly to win first time out in this company. Of the rest, Desert Light and Sir Jasper will be interesting if they are supported in the market, but in a moderate race, Contagious is the confident choice.
