slowly into stride, always behind, lost touch from halfway
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, headway from 2f out to lead entering final furlong, kept on
towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
soon led and clear after 2f, ridden 3f out, headed entering final furlong, no extra
tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, soon lost place and beaten
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, good headway inside final furlong, just held
Just four of the six runners can be given a chance here and, with Elsundus likely to need the outing, the vote goes to the three-year-old Woody Valentine, who is preferred to Langford and Tedstale. The last mentioned has been running well without winning this term and should be thereabouts, especially as the Tim Easterby stable has been back among the winners of late. The Mark Tompkins-trained Langford has been highly tried in his last two starts and this is more his level. Anthemion and Telepathic look out of their depth so the vote goes to Woody Valentine. Mark Johnston's colt resumed winning ways when landing a similar race at Epsom over 1m2f a fortnight ago. The son of Woodman should not be inconvenienced by the drop back in trip and he is taken to make the most of the weight that he receives from his older rivals.
