behind, never going pace to trouble leaders
held up in rear, headway and switched right to outside 2f out, chased leader inside final furlong, ran on under pressure to lead post
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, brief effort on outside over 2f out, soon no response and eased entering final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and lost place over 2f out, stayed on again final furlong
prominent, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out
led and ran green, shaken up and found little well inside final furlong, headed post (saddle slipped)
Neither of the two with racecourse experience, Resplendent King or Just Tim, have shown a great deal of form and this may be left to one of those making their debut with preference for Caracara, who gets the vote over Fantastic View. The last mentioned is a Distant View half-brother to a couple of two-year-old winners and, coming from Richard Hannon's stable is likely to know what is required first time up. Stablemate Just Tim has the benefit of experience but was well beaten on Newmarket debut, while Resplendent King, the other horse to have raced previously, finished down the field at Salisbury first time out and needs to improve. Of more interest could be John Gosden's newcomer Preview, a son of Green Desert, but the vote goes to Mark Johnston's Caracara. The stable's juveniles have a good first time out strike-rate this term and this daughter of Nashwan makes plenty of appeal on her debut. She may be able to eat the colts and give her trainer another two-year-old winner.
