held up, smooth headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, found nil
towards rear, headway over 4f out, ridden and led over 2f out, kept on well
held up, tracked leader 5f out, ridden over 3f out, gradually weakened
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 4f out
tracked leader, effort 6f out, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened
towards rear, ridden over 3f out, never on terms
led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon one apce
tracked leader, ridden and weakened over 4f out
Not much form to go on but Laouen sets a fair standard and gets the TEAMtalk vote to defy top weight. Lennie Lungo's charge made a winning debut on testing ground over the course and distance in March and was then far from disgraced when runner-up in useful company on a return visit the following month. With conditions once again in his favour, a repeat performance of either effort should suffice against moderate rivals. Broken Knights and Tenacious Star hail from yards with a good record in similar events and both should be noted in the exchanges while Coy Lad, who has shown promise on both starts to date, looks best of those remaining to have raced previously.