held up towards rear, not much room 3f out, headway and switched right to rail over 2f out, stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong but no impression
behind, driven halfway, never a factor
in touch, ridden to chase winner well over 1f out, to inside final furlong, not quicken
pressed winner to over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, raced on outer towards rear, effort under pressure halfway, soon beaten
pulled hard in touch, ridden halfway, weakened rapidly
headway under pressure 2f out, never near leaders
raced on outer, prominent over 4f
in touch, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride and always behind
held up in mid-division, behind final 2f
raced on outside towards rear, headway under pressure 1f out, stayed on to take 3rd well inside final furlong, nearest at finish
behind, headway under pressure over 2f out, one pace and no impression leaders over 1f out
prominent on outside, ridden 2f out, no extra final furlong
chased leaders, weakening when not much room 2f out
raced on stand side rail, made virtually all in command over 1f out, ridden out
slowly into stride and always behind
slowly into stride and always rear
Another open contest on a card full of punting nightmares at Lingfield and we suggest Island Swing, with Wiltshire, Miss Malone and Ruby Muja as others for the short list. The selection is rated best of these officially and landed successive sellers earlier in the campaign before going off the boil in nursery company. An unfancied 50-1 chance last time, he performed with plenty of credit at Yarmouth and has gone up again as a result, but there is nothing in this race to match his conquerors there and he may be good enough to win again. Wiltshire benefited from the drop back to the minimum trip to win at Bath last time, and clearly has more speed than his pedigree suggests. That will stand him in good stead here, though he has a lot to find with the selection at the weights. One who is better off is Miss Malone, who has failed to reproduce a decent effort at Kempton in June, in four subsequent starts. She is dropping down the ranks as a result but seems a risky proposition until we know when that slide will stop. Of the remainder, Ruby Muja put in a won a Windsor seller last time and should get this step up in trip, though the all weather surface and her ability to improve are the questions she has to provide answers to, and we are happier to suggest Island Swing as a tentative selection.
