dwelt, held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, ridden and stayed on same pace final furlong
tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, effort and not much room over 2f out, ridden and stayed on final furlong
towards rear, some late headway, never nearer
prominent to halfway, soon outpaced
towards rear, effort and not much room 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong
towards rear, headway over 2f out, switched left over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
held up behind leaders, effort over 2f out, soon weakened
led, ridden over 2f out, headed final furlong, soon weakened
prominent, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead briefly final furlong, headed and no extra inside final furlong
towards rear, effort over 2f out, one pace final furlong
mid-division, effort halfway, never troubled leaders
Three-year-old handicaps, particularly at this time of the year, can be difficult races to solve and this is no exception with a case to be made for many of the 16-runner field. With those drawn high at an advantage it may pay to follow those closest to the rail. Of those, the likes of the reappearing Woody Bathwick, Olivia Rose from the in-form yard of Mark Johnston, all-weather winner Gruff and another fit from running on the sand Natmsky all warrant respect. The most eye-catching of all the runners though is probably the James Hetherton-trained Indelible who, although yet to win a race, has run well in defeat recently including when upped to this trip for the first time at Southwell last week. Equally effective on turf and with Ollie Pears taking over in the saddle the filly has solid claims from stall 11.
