soon pushed along, chased leader, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, ran on
towards rear, outpaced over 3f out
led, ridden 3f out, headed over 1f out, weakened
slowly into stride, keen and held up, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
dwelt, soon prominent, ridden 3f out, led over 1f out, headed and unable to quicken inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on same pace
towards rear, never nearer
Perseverance is the name of the game with many of Mick Channon's runners and it may pay to give Hathlen the benefit of the doubt after a below par run at Ayr earlier in the month and allow the son of Singspiel another chance here. Dance Solo and Stanhope Forbes are others to consider and are respected as live dangers - whilst there must surely be more to come from Concert Hall, who put in a fair performance on her debut here before tiring in the closing stages. However, with the Channon team firing on all cylinders at the moment, the likelihood is that Hathlen will make this a real test in the closing stages and this well related colt is fancied to deliver on the promise he had shown prior to the minor blip on his record in what was a better race than this last time.
