held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, led briefly well inside final furlong, ran on
mid-division, ridden and headway over 3f out, every chance well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakening when not much room over 1f out
mid-division, headway and not clear run over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra close home
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on to lead close home
prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 3f out, not clear run and lost place 2f out, not recover
in touch, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
A tricky handicap can go to Etmaam, who is selected in preference to Strider and Sunisa, who hail from top yards that do well here and are respected accordingly. The John Gosden-trained Rendezvous Point is surely better than she showed last time and is another to monitor in the betting now that she has got the benefit of a seasonal run behind her. Out of the rest: Gavroche, Anousa and Saida Lenasera are all quite closely matched and there is unlikely to be much between them again today. However, they may all find Etmaam to be the toughest customer to deal with now that he has found his optimum distance. Mark Johnston has done extremely well with horses of his profile and, considering that his three-year-olds returned a 17% return on level stakes investments at this course last year, Etmaam can continue to reap the dividends on what has been a happy hunting ground for his yard today.
