behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on well
led, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on same pace
tracked leaders, led 2f out, soon ridden, kept on well, all out
hampered 1f out, always towards rear
held up towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra final furlong
held up in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on
mid-division, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up in touch, headway and not clear run over 1f out, no chance after
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on well inside final furlong
chased leaders until weakened well over 2f out
always towards rear
slowly into stride, behind, ridden and headway 2f out, no impression final furlong
held up in touch, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, always towards rear
A high draw is to the advantage of Pango, who is preferred over Pintle, Freeloader and What A Dancer as he bids for the hat-trick of straight wins. There a few others that can go well for each-way players though and moves for the likes of Evaluator, Compton Drake, who makes his seasonal debut today, and Rebate should not be ignored. It would also be dangerous to leave out Omaha City, as he runs well above himself at this course and, as he proved when marginally holding Ephesus on his penultimate start, he can never confidently be ruled out at his favourite track. However, Pango is open to a touch more improvement at this trip and has come on in leaps and bounds since he made a very satisfactory return here in May. The fact that his yard have hit form just at the right time for this meeting is also an obvious plus and they will all have to get past Pango if they are to land the finale on day-one of this meeting.
