held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, soon one pace
held up, pushed along over 4f out, never on terms
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven and edged left inside final furlong, head dpost
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, hard driven and rallied inside final furlong to lead post
held up, headway over 2f out, hard ridden and switched right inside final furlong, kept on one pace
took keen hold, towards rear, ridden over 4f out, soon beaten
An interesting contest despite the small field with a mix of unexposed three-year-olds and older established performers in opposition. Rahwaan confirmed the merit of previous form when landing a Chepstow maiden in June and was far from disgraced on his handicap bow at Newbury last time. John Dunlop's charge is open to plenty of improvement and will be in the shake up but recent winners Mamcazma and Thewhirlingdervish may struggle in the testing conditions so the TEAMtalk vote goes to Prairie Falcon. The Barry Hills-trained gelding handles these conditions and is back on a winning mark so is taken to reverse recent course form with Mamcazma on 12lb better terms for a three-and-half length defeat.
