slowly into stride, held up, ridden and headway when hung left over 2f out, kept on, not reach leaders
pulled hard, tracked leaders, ridden to lead and hung right 2f out, hung left over 1f out, ran on
soon led, headed after 1f out, prominent, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
prominent to halfway
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, not quicken
hampered after 1f, soon lost place and behind
keen, edged left and led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up, headway over 4f out, ridden and hung left over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent and keen, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
A seller in all but name, with the likes of Kernel Dowry and Burley Firebrand both having claims, but a chance is taken with Freeloader to regain the winning thread. John Hills' colt is unexposed over this trip, having won on the only occasion he has tackled it, and confirmed his well-being when a close-up third to Reap over an inadequate trip at Newmarket earlier this month. Off the same mark here, he looks sure to take all the beating. Kernel Dowry ran well for a long way at Kempton and as that was his first outing since May, he can be expected to strip fitter here. Burley Firebrand comes here in fine form and may be capable of further improvement over this longer trip, while Desert Fortune also has a squeak on his run behind Tirailleur at Chepstow. However, the return to 10-furlongs is expected to bring out the best in Freeloader, and he can prove too strong for his rivals.
