always mid-division, never dangerous
in touch until ridden over 1f out,
in touch, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong
prominent to halfway, ridden over 2f out, one pace approaching final furlong
held up rear, headway on inside well over 1f out, ran on to go 2nd close home
chased leader to halfway, weakened 3f out
led, clear over 2f out, headed and no extra close home
in touch on outside, ridden and weakened over 3f out
left in stalls, would not race
held up, headway on outside 3f out, ridden well over 1f out, stayed on to lead close home
Bridgewater Boys gets the vote here over Indiana Blues, with Overdrawn and Innstyle best of the rest. Bridgewater Boys met all the trouble possible when eventually having to settle for third place behind Flying Bantam here last time, and will be strongly fancied to make amends today. He is drawn in stall six so Neill Callan should be able to tuck in just off the pace in the centre before making his move as the front-runners come back to him. Indiana Blues opened her account at Windsor in September and should go well if adapting to the surface, while Overdrawn is better than his string of duck-eggs indicates, having won well at Doncaster over a year ago. He has shown little since, but it would be no surprise to see him bounce back in this company. Innstyle went out like a light here last time but won a claimer at Bath under Lisa Jones the time before so should not be totally discounted. However, on recent evidence Bridgewater Boys has a sound chance and is the pick.
