slowly into stride, behind, kept on final furlong, never dangerous
in touch, ridden 3f out, kept on towards finish
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden 2f out, no impression
prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, towards rear, kept on from over 1f out, never dangerous
towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, never reach leaders
slowly into stride, always behind
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
soon chasing leaders, switched right 2f out, ridden to go 2nd over 1f out, one pace final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Peter Chapple-Hyam's Red Affleck has shown a decent level of form in his two starts so far and is taken to gain his first success, with the newcomers Blue Torpedo and Esrar likely to provide the main opposition. The selection looked in need of further when third behind Von Wessex on his Yarmouth debut and, not surprisingly, stepped up on that effort when upped to seven furlongs at Newmarket last month. A reproduction of his effort there may suffice for the son of Nicholas, who is preferred to Blue Torpedo. Amanda Perrett's son of Rahy is a half-brother to several winners and hails from a yard that can ready one first time out. He probably rates a bigger threat than Marcus Tregoning's Esrar. The son of Mujadil is also well related but the stable has been rather quiet of late and he may be best watched. John Dunlop's Empangeni is bred to come into his own over middle distances next season so is probably best left out of calculations and of more interest may be the other newcomer, Jamie Osborne's Mr Mayfair, who is a half-brother to useful sprinters Pulse and Whistler. Paul Cole's Belly Dancer and the Peter Harris-trained Marchetta have both shown ability but do not have the form to match that of Red Affleck, who holds solid claims and gets the vote.
