tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened
held up towards rear, effort over 2f out, ran on, not reach winner
held up towards rear, looking to be going well never in challenging position when eased 1f out
led briefly, stayed prominent, led again over 3f out, ridden when headed inside final furlong
held up rear, ridden on outside over 3f out, stayed on, moderately
soon led, weakened and headed over 3f out
held up towards rear, headway and switched right over 2f out to chase leaders, kept on
mid-division, ridden and weakened 3f out
held up in touch, headway over 3f out to chase leader, ridden to lead inside final furlong
prominent and keen, ridden 3f out, short of room over 2f out, one pace
in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on
There may be plenty more to come from Grand Apollo, who is selected over River Of Babylon and top weight And Toto Too, who takes a big drop in class this afternoon. A handful of the others have a small race within them and the likes of Morning After and Vonadaisy will no doubt have their connections scrutinising the entries for further openings before the end of the season. However, like a few of the rest, they fall a little short of the mark for recommendation here and others make more appeal. River Of Babylon being one that makes for a fair amount of interest. The Marju filly was good value for her four-length winning margin at Catterick earlier in the month, where she finally delivered on a series of promising performances. She holds obvious claims on these terms and has to be respected. However, Grand Apollo makes slightly more appeal from a punting perspective, as she hails from a yard that have a seriously good strike-rate with runners of her type. The Grand Lodge filly arrives here much fresher than the majority of her rivals and, with Kerrin McEvoy really catching the eye in the saddle, everything looks to be in place for her to make a bold bid to boost her paddocks value this afternoon.
