chased leaders to 2f out, soon weakened
soon close-up, driven along halfway, weakened 4f out
held up in rear, headway on wide outside 3f out, chased leaders and kept on one pace final furlong
pressed leader, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong
slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, ridden 4f out, soon outpaced and beaten
held up in rear, headway on wide outside 4f out, ridden to chase winner 1f out, unable to quicken
held up, pushed along 4f out, stayed on from under pressure over 1f out to take 3rd well inside final furlong
made most to over 2f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, good headway 4f out, chased leading pair 2f out, led over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, driven out
close-up until weakened over 2f out
Withdrawn
Ersaal has the best recent form on view, and gets the vote over Theatre Lady and Wilom in a very moderate contest. There are duck-eggs all over the place here and this is not a contest to dwell on for too long, but in nominating the likely winner we go for Ersaal whose third at Wolverhampton last time was his best effort yet. To put it in context though, it was a lowly class H contest at Wolverhampton, just as bad as this one in fact. However, he did make a bold bid to lead and make all, and it was only two furlongs out that he faded. The drop back in trip should be in his favour and similar tactics this time might pay off. Theatre Lady certainly attracts the right kind of men, having been partnered by Kieren Fallon on her last two starts, and she now has the assistance of Frankie Dettori. Her last victory came over the course and distance in February, since when she has gone up in the weights, enough to stop her from adding to her tally. She should be there or thereabouts though and can give the selection most to do. Wilom has a good draw but little else to recommend him and the rest are even more woeful, so only a very small wager on Ersaal is the suggestion.
