led early, led again 5f out, ridden and headed 4f out, weakened over 1f out
soon led, headed 5f out, beaten when hampered 4f out, weakened quickly
prominent, edged left 4f out, chased leader until well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, ridden 4f out, weakened and eased well over 2f out
prominent, ridden 5f out, weakened quickly
held up, headway 4f out, chased winner well over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, unable to challenge
in touch, headway 5f out, outpaced final 3f
held up, headway on inside 6f out, switched right just over 4f out, soon led, kept on well inside final furlong, eased close home
held up in rear, effort on outside 3f out, weakened 2f out
Another very competitive affair here, with a couple of course and distance winners in Windermere and Persian Punch in the line-up but preference is for Fight Your Corner. Persian Punch has been a great servant to David Elsworth and is again likely to run his race, but giving weight away all around against younger horses is a big ask at this stage of his career. At the other end of the list is Windermere, who showed he retains his ability when defeating Bangalore at Ripon first time out this season. Both trip and ground should suit him and he can confirm those placings with Amanda Perrett's runner here. Gamut and Fight Your Corner are already both course winners here. The former is trained by in-form Sir Michael Stoute and is making the step up in trip from 12 furlongs here, but the indications are that he will get home. He is likely to be straight enough for his first run of the season, but will have to perform well to best some more seasoned campaigners here. The selection though is for Fight Your Corner, now that the Godolphin runners have started to perform well. Good enough to be fifth in last year's Derby, a run in Dubai a couple of months back will have blown off the cobwebs. A horse with a turn of foot, he too is going further than ever, but with a decent pace likely, Frankie Dettori can use that to good effect and reward the team for their patience with a Listed win here.
