slowly into stride, midfield, headway and effort over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway under pressure 5f out, no further progress
led, headed over 5f out, weakened 3f out
slowly into stride, towards rear, never dangerous
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 4f out
close up, led over 5f out, ridden out
towards rear, never dangerous
towards rear, headway over 3f out, effort over 2f out, one pace final furlong
towards rear, headway over 4f out, effort and chance over 2f out, one pace final furlong
in touch, lost place over 4f out, headway over 3f out, effort 2f out, went 2nd approaching final furlong, kept on
mid-division, dropped rear half way, no danger after
race keen, close up until weakened quickly over 5f out
In a modest race, we will side with Aveiro over I Got Rhythm and Exalted. The selection has been doing well on the artificial surfaces of late and, if you go back far enough, has also proven he acts on good to soft. In what, as we say, is not a strong race, he ought to give us a good run for our money. Of the others, Exalted has won from his current mark, but never over a trip this far, although he does stay the distance. However, he is possibly worth taking on on his seasonal return on going this slow, even though it would be no shock to see him go well in a relatively weak affair. Broughton Knows has been doing well on the all-weather but has never won on Turf, but Mary Reveley's I Got Rhythm, a fair winning hurdler and for whom Kevin Darley is an eye-catching booking, looks set to run well. The rest of the runners, as we say, amount to little more than plating class at best, so, once again, we return to the selection, which is Aveiro.
