in touch, ridden 3f out, hung right over 2f out, ridden and ran on one pace final furlong
slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, ridden over 3f out to chase leaders, weakened over 1f out
towards rear, driven 4f out, not clear run over 2f out, kept on
with leader, led over 4f out, headed over 2f out, ridden and weakened
led, headed over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened
tracked leaders, shaken up to lead over 2f out, soon driven clear, comfortable
As usual, the betting will provide the best indications towards the chances of many of these, but Golden Dual has shown plenty of promise so far and is expected to put his experience to good use over Stage Shy and Promoter. The Barry Hills-trained three-year-old will strip fitter for his reappearance outing and has already shown that he can take a race of this nature before going on to better things. Stage Shy and Promoter are likely to need the outing but are others to put in the notebook, whilst a move for Kristiansand will be interesting.