towards rear, headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong
towards rear, pushed along and headway 3f out, one pace final furlong
towards rear, headway over 2f out, no extra final furlong
took keen hold behind leaders, effort over 2f out, soon behind
prominent, ridden over 2f out, outpaced final furlong
slowly into stride, always behind
in touch, ridden over 2f out, chased winner final furlong
made all, shaken up over 1f out, pushed out final furlong,easily
prominent, brought wide over 4f out, pulled up over 3f out
A poor maiden by Haydock standards and the well-bred Baffle should be capable of disposing of Burning Moon and Tytheknot. John Dunlop's charge finished second to the well regarded Why Dubai at Newmarket over seven furlongs and as a daughter of Selkirk, we will take it on trust that she should be capable of handling the prevailing ground conditions. Burning Moon hails from the yard of Jeremy Noseda. He blew his chance on his previous start at Kempton through tardiness out of the boxes. He stayed on well and will be capable of winning a maiden at some stage this year. Tytheknot ran a career best to finish second at huge odds to Mr Tambourine Man at Musselburgh. The time on that day was only fractionally outside the course record. Grand Terre looks the pick of the James Given contingent. We will stick with Baffle to get off the mark on this occasion.
