chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
prominent, ridden over 1f out, ran on to lead close home
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
broke well, soon lost place, ridden 3f out, some headway over 1f out, never dangerous
mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on approaching final furlong
slowly into stride, behind, ridden over 2f out, headway on inner over 1f out, kept on same pace
mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace
led, ridden over 1f out, ran on inside, headed close home
prominent, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out
Soaked is given the vote in Class G selling stakes with Torrent and Arrogant Prince the biggest dangers in a wide open affair. The 11-year-old is well drawn in stall 3 and is at his optimum trip so looks capable of a big run if he breaks well from the stalls. He was narrowly beaten by Torrent last time over this course and distance and although it's likely that there will not be much between them at the finish again, Tony Culhane takes over in the plate on Soaked and he has been on board on each of his last two wins. Culhane rode Torrent to his win last time and he is well drawn in stall 1 so has obvious claims of following up with George Duffield taking over in the saddle. Arrogant Prince is a course and distance winner who will try and break quickly and make all, and there are few better than Darryll Holland at dictating a race from the front. He has run out of steam over 6 furlongs in some of his recent runs but back at his best trip he should go close, although he has not been done any favours by being drawn in stall 10. Lone Piper and Hagley Park are both capable of going well if they can get anywhere near their best, but they disappoint more often than not and we are happy to stick with Soaked as our selection.
