in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
tracked leaders, lost place 5f out, ridden 3f out, soon faded
tracked leaders until chased winner over 2f out, not quicken
mid-division, headway to chase leaders 6f out, weakened approaching final furlong
towards rear, ridden 4f out, switched right and stayed on final 2f
mid-division, ridden 4f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, ridden over 4f out, no impression
made virtually all, ridden approaching 2f out, challenged final furlong, ran on well
mid-division, ridden and weakened 4f out
tailed off after 3f, effort and some headway over 5f out, weakened again over 2f out, soon behind
towards rear, steady headway 5f out, stayed on moderately
slowly into stride, always in rear
slowly into stride, soon mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, weakened final furlong
With his stable in such good form, we like the look of John Gosden's Charleston, with his main dangers looking to be Man At Arms and Cause Celebre. The selection showed a good deal of promise when second on his Kempton debut on heavy going on May 3 and, with the extra two furlongs sure to suit, is clearly the one to beat. Man At Arms' third to Thyolo at Doncaster last autumn throws him up as a big danger while the Barry Hills-trained Cause Celebre also has form enough to attract supporters at this longer trip. There is some good blood in Autumn Flyer's pedigree so he might improve at this trip, a comment that also applies to Avesomeofthat who ran Sound Blaster to a short head here over a mile last September. Overall, though, we return to Charleston, who can lead all a merry dance.
