raced wide in touch, effort 2f out to chase leaders, soon ridden and weakened 1f out
made all, clear over 1f out, stayed on well under pressure, held on
held up behind, some headway on inner over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
raced wide behind, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
tracked leaders, under pressure 3f out, kept on same pace final 2f
held up mid-division, headway on inside 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, gaining near finish
prominent until weakened over 2f out
in rear, moderate late headway over 1f out, no impressio on leaders
tracked leader to well over 1f out, weakened final furlong
The eleven-year-old Absolute Utopia looks to have a good chance of following up a recent course win and is preferred ahead of Pyrric and Haithem. The selection was all out to secure a course and distance win on his latest start but with the quality of opposition looking poor he looks set to follow up. Pyrric was not beaten too far on his AW seasonal reappearance over this trip and would have finished closer if not being trapped for room close home. With Eddie Ahern looking a most positive jockey booking he looks set to go close. Haithem never looked at ease on his latest start at Southwell and a return to this surface should suit. However, neither may be good enough to stop the in-form Absolute Utopia from scoring again.