tracked leaders on outside, ridden and effort 2f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong
held up towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, not reached winner
held up towards rear, driven and kept on final 2f, never on terms
held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on well under pressure final furlong
tracked leader, ridden to challenge 2f out, every chance approaching final furlong, no extra towards finish
never better than mid-division
chased leaders, driven 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out
held up towards rear, headway on outside from over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no impression final furlong
Rotuma gets the vote here with Moyne Pleasure and Ma Yahab put forward as the main dangers. The selection ran well when a close third behind Smart John at Haydock last month. A reproduction of that effort should suffice here and as such he is taken to score. Moyne Pleasure will be suited by the step up in trip but he drifted in the market before being well beaten at Beverley last time behind Sennen Cove. He is not the most consistent and although he has decent place prospects, he may find at least one too good. Ma Yahab could be a bigger danger as he ran well on his seasonal reappearance when third behind Goblin at Beverley. He is still open to plenty of improvement, so he has to be respected. Compton Dragon could be the best of the remainder, but we will stick with Rotuma as our idea of the winner.