slowly into stride, held up, steady headway to chase leaders from 4f out, weakened over 2f out
held up in mid-division, rapid headway on wide outside to chase leaders 3f out, led and edged left over 2f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, kept on
in touch, ridden and stayed on same pace final 2f
held up in rear, steady headway from 5f out, chased leading pair 2f out, stayed on to lead well inside final furlong
traced leaders, led after 3f to 7f out, weakened quickly
close up until weakened quickly over 3f out
led for 3f, stayed close up, ridden over 6f out, weakened quickly, tailed off
close up, went 2nd 5f out, ridden to lead briefly inside final furlong, not pace of winner
tracked leaders, led 7f out to over 2f out, soon ridden and hampered on rail, not recover
raced wide, held up, headway over 4f out, hampered over 2f out, one pace and never dangerous after
always behind, hampered over 4f out, tailed off
Compton Eclaire, Circus Maximus and Queensberry are three against the field in this stayers handicap and the confident vote goes to Compton Eclaire. The selection was a one paced fourth over a shorter trip behind Zalda last time out. He is sure to be suited by the step up in trip and off what looks a fair mark and under conditions that suit he will be hard to beat. Circus Maximus rates the main danger he remains on a fair mark and a reproduction of his latest staying on second behind Annakita would see him go close. His cause would also be helped by an end to end gallop and he may get that here. Queensberry is another worthy of respect he was caught on the post by Aveiro over 11 furlongs last time. However although he has ran well in defeat over this trip he has never won over it and for that reason he is opposed. Vandenberghe is another with place claims but he has ran over a variety of trips without winning and he looks to have his own ideas about the game so he looks opposable. Of the remainder the book of Darryll Holland for Montosari catches the eye and he is worth noting in the market but for the winner we return to Compton Eclaire.