stumbled twice after 1f, pulled hard in touch, chased leaders over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
prominent, chased winner approaching final furlong, not pace of winner
narrow leader, ridden and headed 2f out, one pace over 1f out
with leader going well, shaken up and led 2f out, clear over 1f out, ridden out, comfortably
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, under pressure when checked over 1f out, soon weakened
towards rear, stayed on over 1f out, not reach winner
The way Richard Hannon's juveniles have been going this season it would be no surprise to see the stable's representative Avesa running a big race. However, the daughter of Averti faces a stiff task on her debut against Mick Channon's Queen's Victory. Three times placed from five starts, the half-sister to Patriot has earned a rating of 96 and a reproduction of her last time out second to Ok Pal at Sandown should suffice. She gets the TEAMtalk vote. Of the others with racecourse experience Bahamian Belle ran better at Thirsk last time, as did Fille de Fleurie but it would be a shock if either was good enough to beat the Channon horse.