slowly into stride, held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
slowly into stride, held up, kept on inside final furlong, no impression
slowly into stride, held up, driven and headway over 1f out, soon one pace
slowly into stride, behind until some headway, never nearer
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and effort over 1f out, one pace final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and weakened halfway
chased winner, driven to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, effort over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong
made all, hard ridden over 1f out, stayed on well under pressure
raced along far side, prominent until weakened final 2f
held up, headway over 1f out, never able to challenge
chased leaders, ridden and effort over 2f out, soon weakened
mid-division, ridden and weakened halfway
tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, soon faded
Scarrottoo is not the most reliable but he is given the tentative vote here and he might just be good enough to see off the likes of Shirley Oaks, Espada and Lord Chamberlain. The selection will need to come from off the pace to win, but he has certainly got the form to win this and looks well treated, and with the booking of Darryll Holland another plus he makes plenty of appeal. Shirley Oaks won well when defeating My Girl Pearl at Salisbury, but she has a 6lb penalty for that win and that may just put pay to her chances. Lord Chamberlain ran well despite having no luck in running at Bath and then ran another sound race when fourth at Yarmouth last time. His stable is in form and the drop in trip will not be a problem so he could be capable of a big run. Espada finished behind Lord Chamberlain at Bath and there is no reason to suggest that those placings will be reversed here, while Royal Racer is dropped in trip and could be interesting from a fair draw. However, Scarrottoo has plenty going for him here and he is taken to score.
