held up in rear, headway into mid-division 3f out, no further headway
prominent, ridden to join leaders over 1f out, edged left and one pace under pressure final furlong
led to 3f out, soon weakened
in touch, headway to lead 3f out, ridden, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong
in touch, switched left 2f out, effort and edged left over 1f out, driven and ran on to lead inside final furlong, ridden clear
behind, some headway 3f out, never dangerous
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
chased leaders to halfway, soon struggling
Coup d'Etat, Scripted, Improvise and Maxamillion are the four we like here and the vote is given to Coup d'Etat. The selection caught the eye when staying on strongly at the finish when fourth behind Enforcer at Goodwood. This colt from the John Dunlop yard handles cut in the ground and if he can reproduce his latest effort then he will be hard to beat. Scripted showed improved form over this trip when fourth behind Azahara last time and he again looks to have place claims, but he is bred to be suited by a longer trip and may be one to follow in handicaps over further. Improvise is another that could go close as she ran well when dropped in trip to finish behind King Marju last time. The return to this distance should suit but she is not yet proven on ground this soft so at the likely odds she looks worth opposing. Maxamillion has shown a modicum of ability on similar ground but his overall profile suggests he has a bit to find with some of his rivals here and we will stick with Coup d'Etat as our idea of the winner.
