held up, headway under pressure 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
in touch, tracked leader over 3f out, led over 1f out, edged right well inside final furlong, held on
held up, headway under pressure over 2f out, driven to chase winner inside final furlong, looked reluctant and not go past
in touch, ridden halfway, soon weakened, tailed off
always behind, ridden and struggling final 3f, tailed off
close up, headway 4f out, led over 3f out, headed over 1f out, chased winner until weakened inside final furlong
pulled hard, led to over 7f out, soon settled behind leaders, weakened 3f out, tailed off
in touch, driven to chase leaders 3f out, weakened 2f out
took keen hold, led over 7f out until over 3f out, stayed close up until weakened over 1f out
Not too many of these can be given much of a chance and the vote goes to recent Southwell selling winner Lyrical Girl, who gets the vote over Armentieres and Lady Predominant. The last mentioned has solid claims on her best form but that is over shorter than today's trip and Andrew Reid's filly is not certain to stay. Armentieres is well in on official BHB ratings and, a disappointing effort at Wolverhampton last time excepted, has been running consistently well of late. She has to be respected but in a weak race Lyrical Girl is the obvious choice. Mick Channon's filly is another who has yet to prove her stamina over the distance but there is stamina in her pedigree and the daughter of Orpen showed no signs of stopping when beating Rare Coincidence at Southwell last time (Armentieres third). Timely Twist looks the best of the remainder, who are a largely moderate bunch.
