dwelt, always outpaced, tailed off
led, joined 3f out, ridden and headed app1 final furlong, weakened
raced wide, hung left throughout, ridden and weakened over 3f out, behind
in touch, headway to track leaders 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened
in touch, ridden and switched right over 1f out, stayed on gamely to lead on line
tracked leaders, driven along 4f out, kept on
slowly into stride, towards rear, driven along 4f out, stayed on nr finish, not reach leaders
held up rear, effort and some headway over 2f out, soon beaten
prominent, ridden to chase leaders 3f out, led briefly approaching final furlong, soon headed and no extra
in touch, slightly hampered and lost place after 1f, recovered and stayed on from over 1f out, not troubled leaders
in touch, headway 4f out to join leaders, chased leaders over 2f out, led final furlong, all out when headed on line
The Polytrack surface has proved a hit with jockeys, as there is no longer the need to fly out of the stalls to avoid kickback. Face The Storm is an interesting contender, not given a hard time on her Leicester debut and, as a daughter of Barathea, sure to get the mile. Richard Hannon likes to keep a team ticking over in the winter and saddles Hannamie, who was also looked after on his racecourse bow at Newbury. Ed Dunlop only started to fire during the latter part of the turf Flat season, and has booked Jamie Spencer for Eyad who has already had a taste of this surface, having posted a staying on fourth over seven furlongs a fortnight ago. All should go well, but the TEAMtalk selection is Mac. Marcus Tregoning's colt was badly outpaced on his second outing at Ascot, finishing fourth to Garros. That was a noteworthy effort, and Martin Dwyer, one of the top jockeys at Lingfield keeps up the association. A draw in stall three should not prove a hindrance, and Mac should get favourite backers off the mark.
