held up towards rear, headway 3f out, soon ridden and effort, one pace final furlong
slowly into stride, held up in rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden and one pace when hampered well over 1f out
slowly into stride, soon chasing winner, effort 3f out, weakening when edged right well over 1f out
tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, not pace of winner
in touch, headway and effort over 2f out, one pace final furlong
pulled hard towards rear, headway over 2f out, one pace when hampered well over 1f out
made all, ran on strongly final 2f
Hatch is given the narrow vote in this classified stakes, with What-A-Dancer, Flint River and High Finance the main dangers. The selection ran well behind Sevillano at Leicester last week over 6 furlongs in a stronger race than this, and back at a more suitable trip and with the services of Darryll Holland he will be difficult to beat. What-A-Dancer won last time out on the all-weather at Lingfield when narrowly defeating Hidden Dragon. But he will do well off his current mark to back-up that success and he may have to settle for place money. Flint River won well last time out at Wolverhampton on the all-weather and will not be far away again here. He is an improving type who goes well for today's pilot Tony Culhane and he is sure to be a live contender here with conditions to suit. High Finance is the other worthy of a second look, but she may just need this, her first run of the season, and for the winner we return to Hatch.