behind, effort on inside over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened
held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong
held up, headway to track leaders 3f out, ridden approaching final furlong to track winner, weakened close home
led until headed over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well
slowly into stride, always behind
prominent early, settled mid-division, behind and ridden from 3f out
The form horse here is Gee Bee Em and she is chosen to lead home the newcomers Corker and Minnesota. Mick Channon's daughter of Piccolo showed terrific speed on her debut over six furlongs at Goodwood when just giving way in the closing stages to Trempjane. The drop back in trip here should be beneficial and she looks set to lose her maiden tag. Minnesota is superbly bred by Silver Hawk out of a Storm Bird mare, trainer Henry Candy has no trouble getting his charge's ready first time up so watch for any market moves. Gerard Butler has had a very quiet season by his standards but he could be about to turn the corner so Corker is also worth a cautionary look in the betting. Ridder, a promising fourth at Kempton on his debut, may prove best of the others but Gee Bee Em is the one that gets the verdict.