slowly into stride, pulled hard, soon tracking leaders, hung right over 6f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, effort over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, led after 2f, headed 4f out, led again over 2f out, soon hung right, ridden out
held up, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
dwelt, held up and keen, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
led 2f, led again 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, edged left and not quicken inside final furlong
always in rear
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Very few of these can be given serious consideration and, in what boils down to a virtual match, Destination Dubai is preferred to Twofan. The selection is a brother to the stable's Dubai Destination and, while clearly not in the same league, Godolphin's colt has shown enough to suggest that he need only reproduce two-year-old form to win this. Mark Johnston's Twofan was a well-beaten second behind the useful Keelung in testing conditions at Newcastle on his debut last month and should do better on today's faster ground. However, he needs to improve a great deal to beat the selection and looks booked for silver. Neither of the two newcomers Mark Brisbourne's Acuzio nor Bryan McMahon's Now Look Away make much appeal on pedigree and, with the remainder to have raced seemingly little better than moderate, this should go to Destination Dubai.
