held up in touch and towards rear, headway over 2f out, pushed along to lead over 1f out, soon edged right, eased towards finish
in touch, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
dwelt, in rear, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out,
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on well to 2nd close home
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden inside final furlong, kept on well, not much room near finish
The ground will obviously have to be taken into account here today but, on all known form, FUWAIRT should be getting off the mark in this opener. Richard Hannon's colt made a promising start behind Lightning Stride at Leicester and has an entry in the Two-Year-Old Trophy at Redcar later in the year. Gamesters Lad was drawn wide and missed the break on debut at Ripon and better is expected. He is preferred to Red Tornado and Invincible Zeb of the others with experience. Jaganory may do best of the newcomers.
Fuwairt (IRE) 7-2 (9-5) Prominent, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, edged left and no extra towards finish, 3rd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Lightning Stride (9-5) at Leicester 5f 2yo mdn (4) gf in May.
Gamesters Lad 20-1 (8-11) Went right start, chased leaders, driven over 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace from over 1f out, never on terms, 5th of 9, 11l behind Sarista (8-10) at Ripon 5f 2yo mdn aut (4) gd in Apr.
Indian Joe Sleeping Indian colt out of Belle De Nuit.
Invincible Zeb (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, soon pushed along and off the pace, headway into 4th 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened soon after, 6th of 8, 9l behind Brown Velvet (9-0) at Bath 6f 2yo mdn (5) fm in May.
Jaganory (IRE) Dylan Thomas colt out of Jacquelin Jag.
Red Tornado (FR) 14-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders over 3f, 12th of 16, 13l behind Adaay (9-5) at Newbury 6f 2yo mdn (4) gd in May.