dwelt, soon in touch on outer, effort and driven along 3f out, soon outpaced and beaten
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders on inner, ridden 2f out, chased winner inside final furlong, stayed on
made all, ridden and pressed from 2f out, driven to assert inside final furlong, kept on gamely
held up in rear, never near leaders
slowly into stride, pulled hard and ran green in rear, headway on inner over 1f out, stayed on
settled in mid-division, effort to chase leaders well over 1f out, weakened approaching final furlong
with winner, going well enough 2f out, ridden and every chance 1f out, soon driven and held, weakened and lost 2nd inside final furlong
slowly into stride, soon in touch, not quicken 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, towards rear when bumped after 2f, ridden and behind from halfway, tailed off
held up in rear, no chance final 2f
A large field goes to post for this maiden but on closer inspection not many can be given a serious chance of winning and the principals look to be Archerfield, Air of Supremacy, and Baker Of Oz and the confident vote goes to Archerfield. The three-year-old has been second on his last two runs and a reproduction of his latest second behind Athboy would make him hard to beat. Air Of Supremacy rates the main danger he finished in mid-division in a similar race behind Sofistication on his debut, but this well bred sort is sure to have learnt from the experience and it would be no surprise if he were to go close. Baker Of Oz would have a chance on his best form but he disappointed when last seen on the AW at Wolverhampton and it will be interesting to see if he handles this surface any better. Of the remainder Mambina is from a top yard and has shown a modicum of ability to date so she to has place claims but for the winner we return to Archerfield.
