held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on under pressure final furlong, never troubled leaders
went slightly left start, soon led, ridden over 2f out, hard pressed inside final furlong, stayed on, headed final stride
mid-division, outpaced 2f out, soon weakened
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms
chased leader, ridden 2f out, soon lost place, no extra final furlong
held up and behind, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, never on terms
in touch, raced wide, lost place over 3f out, soon behind
in touch, ridden and headway 2f out, challenged and carried head high under pressure inside final furlong, stayed on to lead final stride
mid-division, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, never nearer
in touch, ridden 4f out, soon lost place, weakened 2f out
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, kept on, no impression final furlong
Futoo will handle these conditions well and can take this handicap from Cayman Calypso and Savannah River. The selection performs well over this 10 furlongs and has shown decent form with cut in the ground, having won on good to soft at both Catterick and Beverley, the latter over this trip. Admittedly, he does have the look of a horse whose measure may now have been taken by the handicapper, having been beaten off this mark on his last two starts. However, he has run well enough on those occasions, and with the ground slowing the others down he may well have enough to take this. Cayman Calypso steps up in trip again here and has to prove he truly gets further than a mile. If he could reproduce the sort of form that saw him beaten just a head at Beverley last time over this extra quarter-of-a-mile then he would have a good chance, but we think he is best watched this time. Of the remainder, Savannah River has shown her best form with cut in the ground, and with conditions to her liking she must come into calculations. However, she does look moderate and also needs to prove she can drop back to 10 furlongs from going a fair bit further, so again she is passed over in favour of the selection, Futoo.