took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly away, pulled hard, headway on wide outside to chase leaders 6f out, ridden 3f out, weakened quickly
slowly into stride, never reached beyond mid-division
in touch, hard ridden over 1f out, one pace and no impression final furlong
held up in mid-division, never in contention
set stready pace, narrowly headed inside final 3f, stayed challenging throughout final furlong, rallied near finish
well away, went badly right soon after start and dropped to last, never in contention after
track leader, narrow lead inside final 3f, headed over 1f out, hard ridden and rallied near finish, just held
close up in 5th, headway to track leading pair 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden final furlong, held on near finish
pulled hard and steadied in rear, wide bend 5f out, hanging left and stayed on one pace final 2f
held up in rear, headway and edged left over 1f out, stayed on steadily final furlong
Binocular showed plenty of promise on her debut and is taken to land this contest from Shake On It and Gunner's View. The Barry Hills trained colt finished fourth in a Haydock maiden last September won by the 84 rated Lonqquan. The second and third home have both run well since so the form is rock solid. He didn't go off unfancied for that contest and we can expect plenty of improvement. Shake On It ended last campaign with a an excellent second to Porcelain. That winner was thought good enough to contest a listed event next time and so Eve Johnson Houghton's filly has to rate a big danger. Gunner's View showed plenty of ability in two juvenile outings and could run into a place here at decent odds. Shine And Rise and Valley Observer are two others worth a mention, but Binocular, from last year's winning stable, just gets the verdict this afternoon.
