slowly into stride, keen, headway to chase leaders over 5f out, ridden and weakened 1f out
led, ridden 2f out, ran on, headed close home
in rear, ridden halfway, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish
tracked leader, ridden and every chance 2f out, edged left and weakened 1f out
dwelt, chased leaders, effort approaching final furlong, ridden, ran on to lead close home
held up in rear, ridden halfway, ran on final furlong, nearest finish
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened final furlong
The short list contains Forefathers, King's Causeway and Kalasam, and the vote goes to Forefathers. A $680,000 son of Gone West, Forefathers has to be of plenty of interest here. Hadahoo's debut Newmarket fourth makes him a major player. Jawaab failed to build on his debut promise at Epsom last time, but Kalasam could be interesting on his debut for William Muir. Both of King's Causeway's runs have suggested that he can win a race of this nature, while Nightinshining improved from his debut to be just beaten at Lingfield and, if replicating that on Turf, is entitled to respect. Finally, the Sir Michael Stoute-trained Spume and Ed Dunlop's Wind Flow, who showed promise on his debut after running green, should be watched in the betting. Once again, though, we will side with Forefathers.
