switched left start, held up, smooth headway 2f out, ridden and led entering final furlong, ridden out
chased leaders, headway on outside approaching 2f out, soon led, headed inside final furlong, ran on
slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear
disputed lead, headed well over 1f out, kept on same pace
held up in touch, ridden and switched right approaching final furlong, stayed on
held up in rear, ridden and ran on final furlong nearest finish
held up in rear, headway 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on inside final furlong
Long Weekend, Parallel Lines, Bali-Star and Sotonian are the four to concentrate on in the finale and the vote is given to Bali-Star. The selection ran really well when narrowly beaten by Ivory Venture on this track and over this trip last time. He is well drawn here and with Chris Catlin taking over in the plate he looks the one to beat. Long Weekend was a game winner last time on this track when defeating Shirley Oaks, but he was all out to hold on and looks vulnerable under his penalty. Sotonian was well down the field that day and although he is now weighted to get closer to Long Weekend he is not one to place a great deal of trust in even though he looks to have decent place prospects. Parallel Lines is the other to consider as he ran encouragingly on this track last time, he is dropped in trip and is from a shrewd yard so should be noted for a market move, but for the winner we return to Bali-Star.