towards rear, headway 2f out, led narrowly over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home
held up mid-division, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
in rear, headway over 2f out, led narrowly inside final furlong, headed final strides
started slowly, soon in touch, weakened quickly 3f out
tracked leader to over 2f out, soon weakened
soon led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, in rear, some headway final 2f, never nearer
slowly into stride, pulled hard towards rear, good headway over 1f out, stayed on well to lead last strides
in touch until weakened quickly 2f out
with leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened
in touch, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
slowly into stride, held up behind, headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish
Aviation probably sets the standard among those to have raced previously but there are some interesting newcomers in the line up with Villarrica just preferred to Astronomical. Sir Michael Stoute trains the selection and the daughter of Selkirk makes plenty of appeal on pedigree coming from the same family as Galileo, Urban Ocean and Black Sam Bellamy. Admittedly she is likely to do better over middle distances next term but may have too much class for her rivals. The Barry Hills-trained Astronomical is a half-brother to useful stayer Astrocharm and has to be respected with the stable back in form. Amanda Perrett's newcomers tend to need their first start so Mel's Moment is probably best watched and of more interest may be Andrew Balding's Samson Quest, who showed signs of ability on his Lingfield debut. Richard Hannon's Aviation has not progressed as much as anticipated and this may be best left to Villarrica.
