behind, keen early, soon outpaced, never dangerous
slowly into stride, chased leaders, outpaced halfway, stayed on final furlong, never on terms
tracked leaders, effort over 1f out, kept on same pace
chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, stayed on under pressure approaching final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish
led, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
NUBAR BOY sets the standard on the form he achieved in Ireland and gets the vote to score from Neduardo, with Arabian Jewel a potential dark horse at a big price. Formerly with Tommy Stack, the colt showed some decent form in races at Dundalk without being able to land a telling blow. However, this step up to seven furlongs rates a positive move and he's joined a good yard so against a largely modest looking bunch he should take all the beating. Neduardo should be the one most likely to pose a threat, having attracted support and shaped with some promise on his debut. This extra furlong should be fine, so Peter Chapple-Hyam's colt can get involved at the business end with that experience behind him. Arabian Jewel showed little on his debut but such is the lack of strength here that he's put forward to get the better of Until The Man for third. The last-named is officially rated 65 and has place claims on that basis, but he's exposed and David Simcock's runner could draw enough improvement from his debut to improve past that figure. Captain Bluebird attracted support on his debut before disappointing but the form of his latest run, albeit back in August, looks pretty solid. All Right Now showed precious little on debut and Suzybee has been sent off at huge odds and ran accordingly in two starts. This is an uncompetitive maiden and it affords Nubar Boy a seemingly straight-forward opportunity to get off to a winning start for his new handler.
All Right Now 25-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, behind, never dangerous, 10th of 12, 15l behind Capricornus (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Captain Bluebird (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 8, 9l behind Quadrille (9-3) at Newbury 6f 2yo mdn (4) gs in Aug.
Neduardo 11-2 (8-13) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, never nearer, 5th of 11, 9l behind Pittodrie Star (8-13) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn auc stks (5) pol in Nov.
Nubar Boy 9-1 (9-3) Mid-division, 7th over 3f out, 6th over 2f out, 5th and kept on same pace under pressure from over 1f out, 7th of 14, 7l behind Moonreach (8-11) at Dundalk 6f 2yo mdn auc stks pol in Sep.
Until The Man (IRE) 20-1 (9-3) Led, pushed clear over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 10, 1 3/4l behind Fazza (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn stks (6) in Dec.
Suzybee 100-1 (8-4) In rear, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous, 7th of 8, 16l behind Shoot The Pot (8-10) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
Arabian Jewel 8-1 (9-0) Started slowly, always in rear, never in contention, last of 11, 13l behind Hairspray (9-0) at Lingfield 6f 2yo stks (5) gf in May.
