held up, headway over 3f out, ridden and weakened approaching final furlong
held up, headway 3f out, chased winner over 2f out, no impression inside final furlong
slowly into stride, chased winner over 1f until 2f out, soon weakened
slowly away, held up, ridden and headway over 1f out, never nearer
keen in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, hung slightly right and weakened well over 1f out
made all, clear over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on well
in touch, ridden and weakened 4f out
This does not look to be a strong race and Pride is taken to get the better of Opening Hymn. Opening Hymn is by the Champion Hurdler Alderbrook but showed promise on her debut at Newmarket so could go well. However, Pride has shown a good level of promise in being placed in two starts and, nicely bred, could have been found a good opportunity. Gold Bar is nothing out of the ordinary and has even been tried in blinkers. Templet is more American-bred but the market might provide clues. Holy Hayes was bitterly disappointing on her debut here in August. Henry Cecil runs the nicely bred Namaste. Speciality was well held on her debut but might prove better with the experience behind her, particularly if there is some juice in the ground. It leads us back to Pride, who can land this.
