steadied in rear & held up, smooth headway 3f out to track leaders, ridden to chase leader 1f out, ran on strongly to lead well inside final furlong, driven out
held up towards rear, effort over 4f out on outside, weakened over 2f out
held towards rear, keen, ridden 3f out, no impression
tracked leaders until chased leader on ins over 2f out, led soon after, ridden clear, headed well inside final furlong, no extra
led, ridden 3f out, headed over 2f out, one-paced
tracked leader, ridden 3f out to chase leader, soon one-paced
in touch, driven 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
Like most classified stakes races this looks pretty competitive with plenty of the eight runner field holding claims. Neville Callaghan's Autumn Rain seems to face a stiff task under the burden of 9st 12lb and more solid claims are held by last time out winner Gabor and recent Bath second Last Master, who lost little in feat behind Affray. Invitation is another to have run better than of late on his most recent outing and should not be dismissed lightly.