led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
soon in touch, pushed along over halfway, soon ridden, not much room over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
very slowly away, well behind, hung badly left from over halfway, tailed off
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on inside last, ridden out
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed and hung left over 1f out, one pace after
slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden halfway, kept on approaching final furlong, no impression
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on
A trappy maiden to begin proceedings, but of several promising types, Royal Warrant is just preferred. The Queen's colt comes from a family who tend to mature with age, but the Andrew Balding-trained juvenile shaped with plenty of promise when fourth at Salisbury on his debut, and then stepped up slightly when third to the well-regarded Convince at Windsor on his only other start. He will probably appreciate at least a furlong further than this, and is an interesting prospect for nurseries later in the season, but may just be good enough to get off the mark here. There are, though, one or two nice prospects in the line-up, including Richard Fahey's Flying Bantam, who has finished second at Carlisle and Beverley in his two races so far and should again be not too far away. Desert Daisy and Fujisawa have both run well on their debuts and look more than capable of picking up a race, while it would be no surprise to see Mark Johnston's Top Line Dancer improve on a relatively moderate debut at Hamilton. This is probably, therefore, a race in which betting stakes should be kept to a minimum, but Royal Warrant is just preferred.
