held up, outpaced from halfway, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, no chance with winner
outpaced early, ridden halfway, hung left 2f out, headway over 1f out, never nearer
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, switched left inside final furlong, stayed on
held up, headway halfway, ridden over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
close up, ridden over 2f out, soon one pace
held up, headway on bit to lead over 1f out, edged left, ridden and ran on
Since leaving David Nicholls to join the Paul Johnson yard, Hormuz remains in good heart with a fast surface over a mile suiting him best. However the six-year-old also showed his liking for Southwell's fibresand when winning over this course and distance three runs ago and he remains open to further improvement on the all-weather. With his front-running tactics suiting this track well Hormuz gets the TEAMtalk vote ahead of Sweet Reward. The latter is slightly inconsistent but must be a danger in this class, although he is unproven on this surface. The same can be said of Katiypour who will also appreciate this ease in grade but makes his debut on this type of track while Glory Quest has previously run below form here and may be best watched.
