mid-division, driven and some headway 3f out, edged right under pressure weakened final furlong (wore cheek pieces)
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on
in touch, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, edged badly left when ridden ove 2f out, soon weakened
always towards rear (wore cheek pieces)
in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on well final furlong, just failed
tracked leaders, ridden and hung right under pressure from over 2f out, kept on
in touch, ridden halfway, beaten wn slightly hampered approaching final furlong
in touch, headway over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, just held on
outpaced early, stayed on 2f out, never on terms
tracked leaders, headway 2f out, every chance final furlong, no extra inside final furlong
in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened rapidly
in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, soon mid-division and keen, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
Plenty of lightly raced and potentially well handicapped juveniles in opposition for this competitive nursery including Special Envoy. Sir Mark Prescott's charge was making his handicap bow when a most convincing three-length winner over a mile at Yarmouth last week and is only 4lb higher so should go well again in similar conditions. However, the TEAMtalk vote goes to Libre who has been a model of consistency of late and, despite finishing a close runner-up in nurseries on his last three starts, has been dropped an astonishing 5lb so makes plenty of appeal particularly on ground which suits ideally. Count Walewski has shown ability in maidens and could well improve on his first start in handicap company although he has yet to race on ground this testing. Staff Nurse was disappointing last time but has been dropped 4lb and is another who could be a different proposition on this ground so is respected.