towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace final furlong
slowly into stride and always behind
slowly into stride, soon prominent, driven along 3f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, pushed along over 3f out, effort 2f out, soon weakened
led, pushed along over 3f out, headed over 2f out, one-paced final furlong
in touch, brought wide over 3f out, edged left over 2f to lead, driven out final furlong, comfortably
prominent, pushed along and every chance over 2f out, weakened final furlong
With the experienced horses in the line-up not boasting form of a high standard, this race looks set up for the well-bred newcomer Moscow. The TEAMtalk selection is trained by John Gosden who remains in excellent form at present, and this three-year-old is an impeccably-bred son of Cadeaux Genereaux and an expensive purchase. He is likely to be wound up for this debut and should take a lot of beating. The obvious danger is the experienced Rose d'Or whose best two runs to date came at this track. She looked as though she would soon get her head in front, however was inexcusably disappointing last time out at Brighton and will have to bounce back to her best here. After a poor debut High Straits improved considerably on his second start when sixth at Epsom and with his trainer going great guns, further improvement can be expected. He is the main danger if the selection fails to deliver on his debut. Fact O' The Matter is thoroughly exposed and is unlikely to finally break his duck here.