slowly into stride, always in rear, tailed off final 4f
slowly into stride, always behind, struggling final 3f, tailed off
tracked leaders, switched to outside over 3f out, stayed on to chase winner over 1f out, no impression final furlong
chased leader, chased winner, hung right final 2f, outpaced over 1f out
slowly into stride, raced in 6th, hard ridden 3f out, soon outpaced and beaten
led, headed 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, led on bit 2f out, hard ridden and stayed on well final furlong
held up well in rear and well off the pace, headway on outer 3f out, stayed on to take modest 3rd inside final furlong
raced in 5th, weakened 3f out
A chance is taken with Splash Out Again in an uninspiring contest, with Mersey Sound, Its Your Bid and Head To Kerry others to consider. Splash Out Again has been hard to place since opening his account over 10 furlongs at Sandown last year, but regained the winning thread at Bath in May. Since then he has been tried with various tactics without success, but he may well benefit from being dropped in behind here, as he can pick off some moderate rivals in the straight off what is still a reasonable mark. Mersey Sound is well treated on his best form but is another who is hard to win with. Its Your Bid has not won in two years but ran a blinder in first time blinkers when touched off by Misternando over the course and distance recently. She does at least have the form to reach the frame. Head To Kerry returns to the scene of his facile victory in August when making all from weak opponents. Beaten twice since, he will no doubt try and dominate again, without being good enough over this longer trip. Bets are best kept to a minimum, but Splash Out Again is the tentative choice.
