led, ridden and headed over 2f out, beaten when not much room over 1f out
held up towards rear, headway on bit over 1f out, ridden and edged left and unable to quicken final furlong
held up in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, hung right and led inside final furlong, all out
held up towards rear, headway when hampered over 1f out, not recover
steady start, held up in rear, stayed on final furlong, not reached leaders
close, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
keen, held up in mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out, eased over 1f out
dwelt, soon tracked leaders, not clear run from over 1f out, switched right, challenging when carried right inside final furlong, just failed
tracked leader, ridden 3 out, every chance from 2 out, edged right and stayed on inside final furlong
The three-year-olds weight-for-age allowance can help Take A Bow get one over on his elders this afternoon and gain compensation for his near miss in the Cambridshire last month. There are several dangers including, the admirable Quito, who will have benefited from being kept busy of late and will make them all aware of his presence late on if he runs his usual race. Funfair should confirm recent superiority over Tout Seul on these terms and, as a very lightly raced individual this season, it is hard to see him not taking a hand at the finish. Babodana has also held his form well and is entitled to be thereabouts, while Audience can be very hard to get right and, even though he won his maiden in a four-runner race here in October 2002, this track has not brought the best out of him on three subsequent occasion - the last of which saw him trail in well behind the selection with no obvious excuse for the run. Therefore, we prefer to give Take A Bow another chance, as he has fewer questions to answer than some of the rest and, as he is still learning his trade, he is expected to find the necessary improvement the official figures for the race suggest he needs.