pulled hard, led first furlong, remained close-up, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
held up, outpaced halfway, headway and ran on final furlong, never dangerous
led after 1f, ridden and ran on well final furlong
chased leaders, hampered and lost place over 4f out, ridden and kept on from over 1f out
pulled hard, hampered after 1f, always towards rear
slowly into stride, soon in touch, ran wide and lost place over 4f out, headway over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
pulled hard, held up in rear, saddle slipped over halfway, soon eased and pulled up
held up, always towards rear
hampered after 1f, held up, hung left from over 1f out, never dangerous
chased leaders, ridden and weakened well over 1f out
close-up, ridden and hung left and every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, tailed off final 3f
Simplify has more to do under a lb penalty for his win at Chepstow last time and preference is for another last time out winner Yajbill, who gets the vote over Bold Minstrel. The selection gained a deserved first success when landing a Brighton maiden last month and does not look to be harshly treated on his debut in this grade. Bold Minstrel is an admirably tough sort who showed at Bath last time that six furlongs should hold no fears for him. However, the burden of top weight may just prove to be beyond Mick Quinn's colt. Gary Moore's Cusoon was given a good ride by Ryan Moore to win his maiden at Brighton and a subsequent outing at Bath suggests that he may have too much weight today. Of more interest may be Peter Chapple-Hyam's Storm Fury who was not beaten far by Simplify at Warwick and has a nice racing weight. Mark Johnston's runners always have to be respected so the stable's Toby's Dream is another worthy of a mention along with Ed Dunlop's consistent Tesary but the vote goes to Yajbill, who is taken to follow up his recent Brighton success.
