started slowly, in rear, headway 4f out, stayed on final 2f on outside, hard ridden final furlong, not reach winner
held up, headway to chase leaders 4f out, soon ridden, weakened 2f out
behind, headway 4f out, chased leaders over 2f out, weakened soon after
tracked leader, led over 2f out, driven out final furlong, all out finish
started slowly, in rear, ridden 5f out, no impression on leaders, soon beaten
led until headed over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
in rear, under pressure 5f out, weakened over 3f out
close up, outpaced 3f out, stayed on again from over 1f out
held up 5th, ridden along 5f out, soon lost touch, weakened quickly over 3f out
A competitive contest gets proceedings under way and many can be given a chance on their best form, but the main protagonists appear to be Man The Gate, Flying Spirit and Lord Gizzmo and we will take a chance on Man The Gate. The gelding from the Peter Cundell was a good winner last time out when defeating Azur in good stle, although he has risen in the weights for that win but he is still well weighted on his best old form and with conditions in his favour he will be hard to beat. Flying Spirit rates the main danger he was a fair third behind Digger last time out and a reproduction of that effort off the same mark here would give him ever chance. However his best for has come when he gets an easy lead and he is not sure to get that here with Birth Of The Blues in the field. Lord Gizzmo caused a surprise when winning last time out when he made all to defeat Traculier. However he will have needed to improve again to score off this higher mark. Of the remainder Most Saucy and Compton Aviator are from yards in form but they look weighted up to the hilt and will need to better their best to defeat the selection Man The Gate.
