mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway to chase leaders 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride and soon mid-division, ridden over 3f out, chased winner over 2f out and soon one pace
held up, ridden 5f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked winner, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
made all, ridden 3f out, kept on well
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on close home
Never Will gets the call over a host of potential sorts to follow including Reservoir, Into The Shadows and Backgammon. Never Will shaped like a sure-fire future winner when second to Rehearsal over a mile at Newmarket 12 days ago, with quite a few decent animals from top southern yards behind. He tried to make the running that day but was just tapped for toe by a better rival, and similar tactics over this longer trip will make him hard to beat. Reservoir improved with each run last season and can pay to follow this term, although he will need this no doubt. Into The Shadows has been mainly tried in bumpers, and from the evidence of two outings under this code so far, will find this on the short side. It is interesting that David Loder sends up Backgammon, runner-up in testing conditions at Pontefract on his debut recently. On breeding, this evening's trip is certainly as short as he would want, but he will stay, and if Never Will starts to flounder, he could be the one to capitalize. We do not think that will happen, and Never Will can belie his name to score.