always behind
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon one paced
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
disputed lead, led over 5f out, unextended
soon disputed lead, headed and ridden over 4f, kept on final furlong, no chance with winner
This is, effectively, a two-horse race with Fantastic Love, now that the Johnston stable is firing again, getting the nod over Mick Channon's Sahnour. The selection came up against a Loder hotpot last time but can make it third-time lucky here. He should certainly be able to cope with the step up in trip. The Johnston stable will have a line on the form of Sahnour as he finished behind one of theirs on his debut but, even so, the stable will have very high hopes of landing this.