prominent, ridden over 3f out, hung left 2f out, stayed on final furlong, went 2nd close home, no chance with winner
tracked leader, led after 2f, headed 2f out, no extra final furlong, lost 2nd close home
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 4f out, led 2f out, drew clear final furlong, easily
held up in touch, headway after 3f, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
chased leaders until ridden and weakened 3f out
prominent, lost place after 4f, never dangerous after
led for 2f, lost place 5f out, soon eased, virtually pulled up final 2f, tailed off
An ordinary maiden can go to Flamboyant Lad, who sets the standard on what those with experience have achieved to date and gets the nod over stablemates One So Marvelous and New York City, who both make plenty of appeal on pedigree to be effective at this trip. Look Again also catches the eye out of those that have yet to race and the usual monitoring of the betting is recommended with regard to this son of Zilzal. The facts that he has already been gelded and has not made it on to a racecourse until now, do suggest that he may not have been the easiest horse to get ready and a watching brief is probably the best policy with him this afternoon. Dundry has shown signs of temperament already and needs to post an improved effort this afternoon. That is not to say that he is not without ability though, as he did well to get so close after unseating his rider before the start last time, and was not disgraced in finishing third to an interesting debutante of Marcus Tregoning's. However, Flamboyant Lad has also got better with each of his three previous outings - the best of which came when he was forced to race wide all the way round at Newmarket last month. Given plenty of time to get over the run, Flamboyant Lad looks tailor-made for an event of this nature and, as Articulation boosted his headquarters form in good style on his latest start, the portents look good as we anticipate another bold show from Barry Hills' charge.
