held up in rear, effort on outer and driven over 2f out, soon hung right and weakened
chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, soon one pace and no impression on leaders
behind, headway on rails from over 3f out, ridden to chase leading pair over 2f out, one pace and no impression over 1f out
led, joined 2f out, headed over 1f out, driven and no impression final furlong, but kept on for clear 2nd
tracked leader, challenged 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven and stayed on well final furlong
held up in mid-division, hard ridden 2f out, no impression
chased leaders to over 2f out, weakened rapidly
in touch, ridden on outer 3f out, soon weakened
dwelt, behind, brief effort on inside 3f out, soon weakened
There was an awful lot to like about the performance from Cutting Crew when he comprehensively proved this sort of trip is not a problem for him at York earlier in this month and the son of Diesis will be very hard to beat if putting in a similar effort today. Obay, Mystical Girl and Camrose are others that come into the race with similar profiles and make up the main body of the opposition to the selection, although a move for Ground patrol will be interesting now that more positive signs have been emitting from Andrew Balding's yard over the last week or so. However, Cutting Crew, who has looked a picture in both his two starts this term, created the impression that he has more than enough scope to brush aside a 5lb penalty in this company and looks sure to be up to the task of acquitting himself well under top weight today. Obay, who is closely matched with Ground Patrol on their Windsor form, showed that he was on an upward curve last time and may be the one to give Cutting Crew the most to do if he handles this faster surface.
