held up in rear, ran green and pushed along 4f out, headway on outside to chase winner from 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, eased when held final 100 yards
led at steady pace, headed 3f out, soon weakened
chased leaders until weakened over 2f out
keen early, went 3rd 7f out, led on bit 3f out, hard ridden over 1f out, in command final 100 yards
held up, headway to chase leading pair 2f out, eased when no chance with first 2 inside final furlong
held up, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
tracked leader to 3f out, soon weakened, eased when no chance final 2f
keen, held in touch, outpaced final 3f
Very few of Godolphin's horses have won first time out this term but such is the weakness of the opposition here that Scriptwriter should be good enough to defy an absence and he is preferred to stablemate Tavalu, with Colloquial and Jubilee Dream rated the best of the remainder. The selection showed promise on his debut at two before finding just Very Wise a short head too good in a 20-runner maiden at Yarmouth on his only subsequent outing. Being by Sadler's Wells, some would consider the fast ground to be of concern but the three-year-old is out of a Shirley Heights mare, who was a sister to the fast ground influence Darshaaan, so the ground should not be a problem. Stablemate Tavalu has been well beaten on both starts so far and will need to have improved considerably from two to three to take a hand, although it is interesting to see Godolphin persevere with the son of Kingmambo. Red Bullet looks to be the pick of the two newcomers but that probably does not say much, while Fighter Command should improve on the form shown in a Wolverhampton maiden on his debut. Colloquial and Jubilee both have to respected given their respective connections but Scriptwriter has an obvious chance on form and is taken to give the boys in blue a welcome winner.
Colloquial 16-1 (9-0) Slow into stride, in rear, headway approaching 2f out, ran on final furlong, better for race, 5th of 14, 2 1/2l behind Amwell Brave (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo mdn (D3) pol in Nov.
Fighter Command 33-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, raced in rear, some late headway over 1f out, 6th of 12, 9l behind Blue Train (8-9) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn stk (5) pol in Apr.
Jubilee Dream 25-1 (9-0) Started very slowly, always well tailed off, 12th of 13, 24l behind Macaulay (9-0) at Salisbury 7f 3yo mdn (5) gf.
Red Bullet Hatim colt out of a moderate maiden.
Scriptwriter (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, led and hung left over 1f out, swerved left and right under pressure inside final furlong, headed close home, 2nd of 20, hd behind Very Wise (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 2yo mdn (D3) sft in Oct.
Tavalu (USA) 20-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, held up behind on outer, ridden halfway, soon beaten and weakened 2f out, 11th of 14, 34l behind Night Hour (9-0) at Salisbury 1m 2yo mdn (D2) gs in Sept.
Thebestisyettocome 50-1 (8-7) Always behind, 10th of 11, 26l behind War At Sea (9-0) at Goodwood 1m 3yo mdn (4) gf in May.
Mambo's Melody 25-1 (8-11) Towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, ridden, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 9, 25l behind Diamond Circle (8-11) at Ripon 1m 2f 3yo mdn fll (5) gf.
Pitsi Kahtoh Petoski filly out of a moderate racemare.
