behind, soon outpaced and ridden, kept on final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced, one pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner
behind, ridden and outpaced halfway, no impression
made most, ridden 2f out, kept on well final furlong
went right start, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden over halfway, weakened over 1f out
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Sunrise Safari catches the eye here and gets the call ahead of Eternal Legacy and Royal Bandit. The selection showed pretty good form last year, including when finishing sixth in Redcar's Two-Year-Old Trophy. He returned for the season with a good third over a furlong further at Musselburgh and, with a visor applied for the first time, he looks the one to beat. Chateau cost a few quid but has yet to live up to that price-tag. Eternal Legacy showed promise on his debut but, to be fair, the form is not that strong, and Josarty has a length to find with him based on that race. Royal Bandit has shown promise on all three starts, and now debuts on Turf, so be might be good for a place, but the first-time blinkered Tallyhobye needs to show improved from in order to score. The Alan Berry-trained Active Audience holds claims on his best efforts of last year, but it would be hard to be strong on Nautico's chances. All of which returns us to the selection, which is Sunrise Safari.
Chateau (IRE) 33-1 (9-11) Towards rear, never dangerous, 9th of 12, 14l behind Sharplaw Autumn (8-6) at Beverley 1m mdn stk (5) gf in Apr.
Eternal Legacy (IRE) 100-1 (9-6) Started slowly, behind, soon chased along, headway on inner over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Sunderland Echo (8-9) at Pontefract 6f mdn stk (5) gd in Apr.
Josarty 14-1 (9-0) Started slowly, towards rear, headway 2f out, stayed on towards finish, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Sunderland Echo (8-9) at Pontefract 6f mdn stk (5) gd in Apr.
Mandarin Rocket (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, weakened halfway, 7th of 9, 6l behind Quadrophenia (8-2) at Musselburgh 5f 2yo mdn aut (5) gd in Sept.
Royal Bandit 3-1jt-fav (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded well inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Cool Sting (9-3) at Lingfield 6f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Apr.
Sunrise Safari (IRE) 3-1fav (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 13, 3l behind King of The Moors (8-11) at Musselburgh 7f mdn stk (5) gf in Apr.
Tallyhobye 16-1 (8-12) Took keen hold, led over 6f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 13th of 15, 12l behind Leamington Lad (9-1) at Warwick 1m 3yo hcp (6) gd.
Active Audience (IRE) 33-1 (8-5) Soon outpaced, 8th of 11, 11l behind Sandwith (8-11) at Musselburgh 5f 3yo hcp (5) gd in Apr.