soon towards rear, never dangerous
soon pushed along in rear, always outpaced
chased leaders on outside over 2f out, soon ridden and beaten
chased leaders, outpaced 3f out, soon behind
chased winner, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up and behind, outpaced over 3f out
raced keenly in touch, ridden and stayed on to chase winner over 1f out, kept on final furlong
Having finished last in his two previous attempts, Attacca responded well to the fitting of cheekpieces when finding just Rising Shadow too good at Newcastle last time but they may not have the same effect here so we side with Megabond, who gets the vote over Whistful. The selection has improved with each start and looked as though the extra furlong would suit when a staying on second to Enchantment at Carlisle last time. Whistful, who is rated 10lbs inferior to the selection, has to be respected but needs to improve to take a hand. Amber Fox has claims on the evidence of her length second to Parkview Love at Hamilton in May but has shown very little since and of more interest could be Game Flora, who has shown steady improvement but Megabond has obvious claims and gets the vote.