mid-division, hampered on inside 2f out, not much room inside final furlong, eased
keen, raced wide, tracked leader until over 4f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, chased leader 1f out, led inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, hung left and kept on
ran wide, in touch, tracked leader over 4f out, ridden and weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
set steady pace, quickened 2f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
held up, wide from 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
Mark Johnston's debutant ABERGAVENNY is selected to land this opening maiden contest, while there should be improvement to come from Beyond, and Brave Talk is also respected. The last-named was not an expensive purchase and is handled by Silvester Kirk, who does well at this track. The Avonbridge gelding is bred to go well over this trip and should be capable of a nice debut run. Beyond has already been there and done that, making the frame at Wolverhampton first time out, despite finishing comfortably behind the front pair. Jeremy Noseda looks almost certain to elicit improvement from the Galileo colt, especially now stepped up a little in trip, and he looks a leading player. The Great Husk is not a bad performer, but is proving hard to win with and leaves us struggling to enthuse, while Sternian is going the right way but needs to improve again to get near to winning today. That leads us back to Abergavenny. The Dubai Destination colt comes from a successful family of Italian-trained runners and increased in price as a two-year-old. Conditions and trip should hold no fears, and with the yard going well of late we will side with him.
Abergavenny Dubai Destination colt out of Welsh Dawn.
Beat Route 40-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, behind, raced green throughout, pushed along halfway, never dangerous, 7th of 9, 21l behind Lovers Causeway (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol.
Beyond (IRE) 4-1 (8-5) Held up in rear, ridden halfway, headway 2f out, stayed on, never nearer, 3rd of 8, 9l behind High Constable (8-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol.
Brave Talk Avonbridge gelding out of Zyzania.
Sansili 66-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden and every chance when short of room 2f out, weakened 1f out, 6th of 12, 9l behind Rumoush (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Steely Bird 80-1 (9-3) Mid-division, pushed along halfway, soon struggling, 10th of 12, 28l behind Database (9-0) at Bath 1m 2yo mdn (5) gd in Oct.
The Great Husk (IRE) 4-1 (8-8) Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, 2nd of 8, 2l behind Keenes Royale (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Sternian 40-1 (8-5) With leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on until no extra final 50 yards, 3rd of 4, 5l behind Reallymissgreeley (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol.
Kathindi (IRE) 5-2 (8-6) Pressed leader, led over 8f out, set steady pace, increased tempo 2f out, hard ridden final furlong, held on, won at Kempton 1m 2f 3yo clm stks (6) pol beating Magic Spirit (8-3) by hd, 6 ran.
