held up, ridden 3 out, no impression from next
held up in touch, led 3 out, ridden after next, all out
led up to 1st, headed 4th, remained with leader, until ridden and weakened approaching 3 out
towards rear, weakened after 7th, behind when fell last
soon behind, pushed along after 5th, tailed off on next
held up, mistake 1st, headway 5th, led approximately 3 out, soon headed, ridden approaching 2 out soon weakened
always behind, tailed off from 7th
chased leaders, went 2nd 3 out, ridden after 2 out, every chance last not quickened flat
held up towards rear, ridden and weakened approaching 2 out
led, headed after 1st, led again 4th, ridden and weakening when mistake 3 out
prominent, ridden approaching 2 out, weakened approaching next
held up, steady headway approaching 2 out, soon ridden, kept on to take 3rd flat, not troubled leaders
Nonrunner
A wide open affair gets proceedings underway with many in-form rivals in opposition including Cigarillo, Garden Feature and Your A Gassman and the tentative vote goes to the last named. The selection was a good second behind Juralan last time and that form has since been franked and with conditions in his favour he will be hard to beat. Garden Feature won well over course and distance last time when defeating Kindle Ball under similar conditions, and a reproduction of that effort would see him go close. However, he will find this much tougher under his penalty so is best watched on this occasion. Cigarillo is another last-time-out-winner worthy of respect and he won well when defeating Cougar. He escapes a penalty for that win and will not be far away. Of the remainder, Cotton Grange was a fair third last time out over a longer trip and hails from a shrewd yard so is worth noting in the market, but for the winner we return to Your A Gassman.
