raced keen early, tracked leader, headway to lead over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on well
tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
held up in rear, headway over 3f out, soon ridden and effort, no extra final furlong
towards rear, headway halfway, stumbled over 5f out, soon ridden, weakened over 2f out
held up in rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and one-paced final 2f
mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, effort over 2f out, one-paced
mid-division, headway and in touch halfway, pushed along 4f out, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, lost place over 6f out, headway over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, kept on same pace
towards rear, headway 4f out, pushed along over 2f out, soon one-paced
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, effort over 1f out, staying when not much room inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
led, clear after 2f, pushed along over 4f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
Mr Fortywinks has won 10 times at this distance and is an admirable character, but he has not won since this race last year; hence he gets in off bottom weight here. He goes well fresh and is one to consider. However, Franny Norton is one of the best light-weight jockeys about and the fact that he gets on well with Best Port could conspire to foil Mr Fortywinks in his bid to add to his tally. Prairie Falcon impressed on his reappearance and also warrants close attention in his preparations for the Chester Cup. Court Shareef is a consistent performer and is one to consider for tricast permutations.