slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
led, headed over 3f out, soon ridden and outpaced
in touch, ridden 3f out, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on
held up towards rear, never a factor
towards rear, soon pushed along, ridden over 3f out, soon headway, in 5th and eased inside final furlong
always behind
took keen hold, settled in mid-division, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed approaching 1f out, no extra towards finish
mid-division, headway on outer over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out
chased leaders, led approaching final furlong, headed inside last, one pace
with leader, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, one paced
dwelt, in touch, weakened over 1f out
always towards rear
slowly into stride, towards rear, effort over 2f out, no impression
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
A wide open three year old handicap to solve here and Hawk House is a tentative selection to land it for the Barry Hills stable. A whole host of dangers could be listed but on recent form Politeia, Addikt and Always Certain are others that rate high on the shortlist. Three maiden outings last season yielded a rating of 67 for the selection who was immediately stepped up to this trip for his seasonal debut. Well backed and prominent for most of the journey, connections clearly did not have stamina reservations and when tackling handicap company the ground was unsuitably soft. Plenty promise can be drawn from his last outing at Sandown where he did not enjoy the clearest of passages. When set to mount his challenge his momentum was halted and on that stiff climb uphill at Sandown he could never peg the leaders back. Should he get into a rhythm on the pace, he could take a lot of beating. Politiea was heavily supported to land a Windsor maiden last time but never travelled in that event. Her best career effort was two starts back at the same venue when the ground on softer than the ground which she will encounter today. Addikt running last time is best forgotten. Drawn wide, his jockey failed to obtain an inside berth and as a consequence was carried wide for much of the journey. He is closely matched with Politiea on their Windsor running behind Vineyard. Always Certain relished the step up in trip on his penultimate start but was always struggling on his return to the Roodee last time. Nordic Commander and the handicap debutant Lilburn are others that are worth considering given connections but Hawk House has showed lots of promise at Sandown and can land it.
