dwelt, held up and keen, headway and switched left well over 1f out, one paced inside final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
chased leaders, led over 2f out, headed 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
in touch, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd near finish
slowly into stride, held up, headway 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong, eased when beaten
held up, ridden and effort 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
held up, headway and not much room 2f out, led 1f out, ran on well
slowly into stride, led over 5f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
led until over 5f out, ridden 3f out, weakened quickly
Plenty of these have claims in a typically competitive classified stakes race including Sheriff's Deputy, Karaoke, Half Inch and Dark Shah but the vote goes to Spuradich, who has a progressive profile. Sent to Italy to lose his maiden tag, the biggest concern for the selection would be the faster surface here but Luca Cumani's colt had earlier shown decent form at Windsor and Pontefract on a similarly fast surface and, with further improvement to come, he looks the one to be on. Sheriff's Deputy has improved with every start this term but is unproven over this trip and cannot be backed with confidence and a bigger threat may be Sylvester Kirk's Karaoke, who returns to the distance of his last win, having run creditably over further of late. Half Inch has a bit to find with the principals at the weights but has to be respected in her current form, while Dark Shah represents the in-form stable of Andrew Balding and has been running in some competitive handicaps recently. He may appreciate what appears to be a drop in grade.
