very slowly away, behind, good headway to chase leaders 7f out, pushed along over 5f out, soon behind
held up, ridden over 2f out, headway final furlong, ran on well to take 2nd close home
dwelt towards rear, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along to lead over 2f out, soon clear, eased towards finish
took keen hold in mid-division, behind from halfway
led headed after 1f, led again 7f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on
took keen hold, led after 1f until headed over 7f out, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
A small field goes to post for this maiden and the principals[ look to be Victory Venture, Sea Ridge and Iftikhar and we will take a chance on Victory Venture. The colt, from the bang in form Mark Johnson yard, was a good second on his debut behind the highly regarded Sabiyah. He is sure to have learnt from the experience and given minimal improvement he will be hard to beat. Sea Ridge rates the main danger. She was a fair fifth behind Choral Chimes last time and is sure to be suited by the step down in trip. However she has a 122-day absence to overcome and for that reason is opposed on this occasion. Iftikhar is another worthy of respect as he was a good second behind Tamweel last time but will need to improve again to score. He may however do better in handicaps. The remainder need to better their best to trouble the judge so the confident vote goes to Victory Venture.