chased leaders, ridden halfway, kept on one pace
slowly into stride, always towards rear
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, kept on one pace
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
soon mid-division, never dangerous
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
prominent, ridden over 3f out, stayed on to lead post
led after 2f, ridden and quickened clear over 2f out, headed post
A keen betting heat in prospect with little separating the principals on these terms. They include Inspector General who was a smart individual in his younger days and still retains some of his old ability having rattled up a sequence of placed efforts on the all-weather of late. However, the five-year-old was well below his best over course and distance last time and now has something to prove. Littlemissattitude has been struggling of late but is becoming well treated and has to be respected while ex-Irish winner Turn Of Phrase is hard to assess and should be noted in the market on his all-weather debut. Miss Glory Be had nothing to spare when scoring over this trip at Wolverhampton recently and has had her limitations exposed since so the vote goes to My Retreat. Ian Semple's charge is thrown in on his winning form here last season and showed signs of an imminent return to winning ways when a close second in a seller over course and distance last time.
