held up towards rear, ridden from 7th, stayed on from 3 out, never troubled leaders
held up in rear, some headway 7th, ridden 4 out, weakened 3 out
tracked leader, led after 6th, ridden 3 out, headed soon after, weakened
led, blundered badly 2nd, headed and reminders approaching 6th, not fluent, ridden 8th, weakened 4 out
always towards rear, pulled up before 8th
held up tracking leaders and keen, jumped right 6th, headway to join leaders 8th, led briefly after 3 out, ridden and every chance 2 out, faded approaching last
held up in touch, headway 8th, soon ridden and weakening when mistake 3 out
held up in mid-division and keen, ridden 7th, soon weakened
held up in touch, ridden to chase leaders 4 out, weakened 3 out
held up towards rear, driven for headway 8th, joined leaders 3 out, ridden to lead approaching 2 out, ran on after last
A wide open contest gets proceedings under way but the principals look to be Diamond Joshua, Adjiram and Somemanforoneman and the tentative vote goes to Diamond Joshua. the selection was a fair fifth behind Princess Aimee last time the step up in trip will suit and with conditions in his favour he will be hard to beat. Adjiram rates the main danger he was out paced over two miles last time but he will appreciate this much longer trip. Somemanforoneman has the ability to go close but he is far from consistent so he can not be backed with any confidence. Straight Talker is from a top yard and is worth noting in the market she he is dropping in class. Of the remainder Stoned ran as if returning to form last time and is another with place claims but in a race where stakes should be kept to a minimum for the winner we return to Diamond Joshua.Straight Talker
