chased leaders to 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, switched left after 1f out, soon in touch, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace final furlong
tracked leader, ridden to lead entering final furlong, held on well under pressure
held up, ridden and headway well over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish
soon behind and outpaced, never dangerous
held up, headway 2f out, ridden and chance approaching final furlong, weakened towards finish
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on one pace final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, kept on same pace
always behind
led, ridden and headed entering final furlong, kept on
towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on one pace over 1f out, no impression
High numbers usually fare best in these sprints, and Snow Bunting is taken to confirm the promise of his two recent efforts to land the spoils here, with True Night, Undeterred and Absent Friends also on the shortlist. Absent Friends was a length behind Salviati when fourth at Musselburgh on his penultimate start and although he was disappointing at York next time that was a hot race, and he is fancied to reverse the form on three pounds better terms with his good draw here. David Nicholls has saddled four in this race, and of most interest is True Night, who has slipped to a very favourable mark after a couple of very tender rides in his last two starts, although he almost certainly needs a longer trip to show his best. Undeterred fared reasonably well in a big field at Goodwood last time, and with the stable in good form is likely to go close from stall 13, but Snow Bunting is just preferred. Second in a big field at Doncaster a couple of starts ago, he followed that with a never nearer fourth at Pontefract last time. Snow Bunting goes well for Leanne Kershaw and is fancied to swoop late to land this.
