held up, headway and not clear run over 1f out, no impression final furlong
keen, held up, always in rear
tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and every chance from over 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, soon chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, effort entering final furlong, stayed on inside final furlong
held up, headway 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out
in touch, ridden and hung left from 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
Majik won well here over six furlongs on Tuesday and has to be respected under a 7lb penalty but he has yet to prove his effectiveness over today¿s trip and we prefer to side with Mon Secret, who gets the vote over Ashtree Belle and Far Note. The last mentioned only just got home over six furlongs last time and is another who may not last the extra furlong, while Ashtree Belle has claims on his Wolverhampton form but has yet to show that here. Scramble drops down in trip having run with credit in his last two starts over a mile but has been short of pace over this distance in the past and there is no reason to suggest that he will appreciate it now. There are no such problems for Mon Secret though. Brian Smart¿s gelding has had three runs back since a summer break and found just the heavily backed Semper Paratus too good at Wolverhampton over this trip last time. A 3lb rise since then seems perfectly fair and Mon Secret is taken to go one better.
