ttowards rear, headway under pressure rails over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, never dangerous
prominent, hard ridden over 2f out, effort and chased leader over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on one pace
chased leader, under pressure over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong (wore cheek pieces)
chased leaders, ridden halfway, 5th straight, switched right over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led final 50 yards
in touch, hard ridden over 1f out, effort and every chance inside final furlong, kept on well
broke well, soon led, hard ridden and two lengths clear approaching final furlong, headed and weakened final 50 yards
held up towards rear, some headway over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, never nearer
slowly into stride, raced wide throughout, well behind final 2f
mid-division, driven 2f out, ran wide into straight, one pace over 1f out
An interesting contest with some lightly raced and progressive performers in opposition including Thurlestone Rock. Brian Meehan's charge was an impressive six-length winner of a minor event at Wolverhampton last week and, with further improvement to come, should give another good account. However, the son of Sheikh Albadou appeared to appreciate the opportunity to race over 6f and the return to the minimum trip is not to his advantage. Tender and Dusty Dazzler are both course and distance winners who should be respected but the one they all have to beat is Viera. The TEAMtalk selection made a winning debut over 6f at Newmarket and showed he is progressing along the right lines when runner-up over the same trip behind a useful yardstick here earlier in the month. This likeable sort showed plenty of pace to lead at the distance on the latter occasion so the drop in trip shouldn't be a problem and the Michael Jarvis-trained colt is taken to lift the most valuable race on the card.
