tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
slowly away, soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside last, soon weakened
held up, soon tracking leaders, ridden 2f out, not much room over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
with leaders and keen, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, eased inside final furlong
led early, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong
in rear and outpaced early, headway and not much room 2f out and again over 1f out, squeezed through entering final furlong to lead inside final furlong, ran on well
In this Conditions Stakes race, we will side with Brecon Beacon, but you can build a case for just about all of his rivals. Brecon Beacon has proven himself a decent performer on both the all-weather and Turf, the pick of which is probably his second to Party Boss in a Listed race at Lingfield last time. He holds very solid claims here and, as such, and despite the fact that he has to concede weight to the field, gets the vote. Coming from maiden wins, Chrysander and Centaurus rate as interesting prospects, while Jalamid has long been considered a decent horse by connections and he looked ahead of the handicapper when scoring at Newbury last time. Today's race is a different kettle of fish, and on different going also, but he too rates as an interesting prospect. Stagbury Hill has been pitched in at some deep ends to date and has not fared too badly, so grant him respect, while Real Quality won his maiden well enough but needs to find improvement to score. Once again then, in what is an interesting contest, we will side with Brecon Beacon.
Brecon Beacon 13-2 Chased leaders, outpaced 2f out, edged left over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd close home, no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 3l behind Party Boss at Lingfield 1m 3yo lst stk pol in Apr.
Centaurus 3-1 Prominent, ridden over 2f out, led 1f out, ran on, won at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (D3) gs in Oct beating Master of The Race by 1 1/2l, 19 ran.
Chrysander 8-1 Held up in rear, headway on outside to lead approaching 2f out, ran on, won at Newbury 1m 3yo mdn gs in Apr beating Ma'am by 5l, 13 ran.
Jalamid (IRE) 14-1 Held up rear of centre group, headway on bit over 2f out, led inside final 2f, clear over 1f out, ran on strongly, won at Newbury 1m 3yo hcp gs in Apr beating Enforcer by 4l, 13 ran.
Stagbury Hill (USA) 10-1 Held up, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 9l behind Tucker at Newmarket 7f 3yo stk gf in Apr.
Real Quality (USA) 6-4fav Held up, headway over 3f out, led 2f out, ridden and ran on well final furlong, won at Newcastle 7f 2yo mdn aut (E3) gd in Oct beating Three Degrees by 3/4l, 13 ran.
