led briefly, stayed prominent, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and one pace
towards rear, ridden 3f out, no impression
mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
missed break, soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, kept on
towards rear, ridden over 3f out, one pace under pressure
missed break, soon close up, ridden to lead 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, kept on under pressure
Mark Johnston has his team in excellent order at present and recent Beverley maiden winner Almost Twilight is the TEAMtalk selection to make a winning handicap debut. The son of Silver Hawk is open to further improvement and handles ease in the ground so should be hard to beat despite top weight. Cool Bathwick is inconsistent but is fairly treated if back to his best while Russian Dune is not certain to get this trip but Calatagan is at the right end of the handicap and has place claims on recent evidence.