slowly into stride, behind stand side, ridden and headway 1f out, ran on well
always behind far side
chased leaders far side, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
soon led stand side, ridden and no extra when headed well inside final furlong
in touch stand side, headway 1f out, kept on
chased leaders far side, led far side group 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
always mid-division stand side
always towards rear stand side
in touch far side, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, chased leaders far side, weakened over 1f out
prominent stand side until weakened 2f out
mid-division stand side, headway 2f out, weakened 1f out, eased
prominent stand side until weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, behind stand side, headway 1f out, ran on well close home
chased leaders stand side, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong
prominent stand side, ridden 2f out, led well inside final furlong, all out
always mid-division stand side
led far side, headed over 1f out, weakened
Plenty of these have been hard to win with so it is only a slender vote that goes to Armagnac, who is selected over Golden Dixie and Little Edward, who have both shown enough lately to merit a second look in the betting this afternoon. So too does Nivernais, who was a convincing winner last time and at Windsor and should be in the shake up with a similar effort today. He does have a 5lb higher mark to overcome in a better race though and it will be a very good effort from him if he can carry it off. The percentage call is to suggest that he, like quite a few of the rest, has already been found out at this level and others make more appeal. None more so than Armagnac, who has run consistently well without getting his head in front this season. Granted a little luck in running, that could change this afternoon and, as the warm spell of weather will have livened his spirits, Armagnac is fancied to finally gain some compensation in a race where there is plenty of deadwood that became tiresome to sift through quite some time ago.