led against far side rail, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong, headed final 50 yards.
close up on inner, effort when not much room, bumped approaching final furlong, staying on same pace inside final furlong
behind, pushed along halfway, ran on final furlong, not paced to reach leaders
close up, headway and squeezed through approaching final furlong, driven to lead final 50 yards
chased leaders, ridden halfway, soon weakened
pressed leader, ridden 2f out, unable to quicken approaching final furlong
soon outpaced, struggling from halfway
held up in rear and never a factor
started slowly, in rear, pushed along 3f out, kept on final furlong but never dangerous
slowly into stride, soon chased leaders on outer, ridden 2f out, soon outpaced
started slowly, raced on outer, never on terms
A high draw is a big advantage over Sandown's five-furlong sprint track so the Terry Mills-trained Type One may struggle from stall four and more likely winners are Carlton and Proud Native, with narrow preference for the latter. The David Nicholls-trained gelding is best in at the weights on official BHB ratings, is a course and distance winner, comes into this in reasonable form and has the benefit of a draw in stall 11 of the 11 runners. Carlton finished in front of the selection at Newcastle last month but that was over six furlongs and, even on 2lbs better terms, he may struggle to confirm form over this trip. Zarzu has claims on his best but has not been in great form of late and may be best watched.
