towards rear, soon pushed along, never dangerous
mid-division, headway over 2f, one pace final furlong
never better than mid-division
towards rear, some headway over 2f, one pace final furlong
dwelt, held up, headway over 2f, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish
led, ridden and headed over 2f, weakened final furlong
towards rear, effort over 2f, never near to challenge
tracked leader, pushed along to lead over 2f, driven along final furlong, comfortably
prominent, pushed along over 2f, one pace final furlong
took keen hold behind leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra final furlong
prominent, ridden over 2f, soon weakened
prominent, pushed along over 2f, ridden and stayed on same pace final furlong
mid-division, outpaced final 2f
This is not the strongest of maidens and a chance is taken that Middleham Park will have learnt sufficiently enough from his debut run to give him a fitness advantage over Terraquin today. The Pat Haslam-trained colt is rangy sort who will surely get better in time, but the form of his belated first run is working out well and he should be better suited to this drop back to seven furlongs. Terraquin, on the other hand, should also find a race of this nature somewhere along the line, but it would be dangerous to read too much into his effort when he finished down the field behind Almushahar on his debut last August. Any rain will help his cause though. Welcome Signal is one to watch out for in the betting ring and a more forceful ride to the one employed on his reappearance will give him solid place claims.
