held up, steady headway from 5f out, pushed along to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
held up, pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous
held up, stumbled after 2f, headway and hung left from 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
mid-division, headway over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
held up, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead well over 1f out, headed and no extra well inside final furlong
held up, hampered after 2f, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leader, led well over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon beaten
held up in touch, headway to lead briefly over 2f out, weakened under pressure inside final furlong
held up, nudged along from over 2f out, headway and hung left from over 1f out, pushed along to lead well inside final furlong, kept on
in touch, led over 2f out until well over 1f out, weakened approaching final furlong
mid-division, pushed along 2f out, stayed on one pace final furlong, never dangerous
led until well over 3f out, weakened 2f out
A Hampton Court maze of a race with the escape possibly proving to be Jazz Messenger. Gerard Butler's colt looked very promising earlier in the year and, despite defeats in valuable handicaps twice since, comes here pretty fresh and, accordingly, could be worth siding with. Most of these have a much-of-a-muchness feel to them so Highland Reel, capable of running a good race in this type of field, and locally-trained Dumaran, who is a course winner, are ones in with chances. The tough Muchea and Shahzan House will certainly not be stopping at the end but Jazz Messenger might prove better than all of them.
