held up in rear, pushed along over 4f out, headway over 2f out, led briefly over 1f out, kept on but not pace of winner inside final furlong
held up in touch, ridden well over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
with leader, every chance well over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders and keen, pushed along 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, eased when beaten
held up, good headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged slightly right and ran on well final furlong
bumped and went left start, held up, pushed along 3f out, soon beaten
went left start, tracked leaders, ridden well over 2f out, one pace final furlong
led for 1f, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, slightly outpaced over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
led after 1f, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Embossed is bound to be popular with backers but there is plenty of speed in his pedigree and preference is for Hallhoo who has proven form over the trip including with cut in the ground and he gets the vote over Sun Kissed. The last mentioned represents the Godolphin stable and has to be respected having gone down narrowly in a decent novice event at Salisbury last time. Mark Johnston's Love Palace appreciated the step up to a mile when landing a Hamilton maiden last month but this looks tougher and of more interest may be Marcus Tregoning's Night Hour, who is open to plenty of improvement and hails from a stable in form. Xtra Torrential made a winning start to his career when winning a York auction maiden last month and could be anything but the form of that race does not look to be out of the ordinary and the vote goes to Hallhoo. Mick Channon has his string in good form and the son of Indian Ridge comes here on the back of fine seconds behind Spaced and Comic Strip last month. The form of those races looks solid and, with the latest of those on a soft surface, he should not be inconvenienced by the cut in the ground.
