prominent, ridden over 2f out, no extra final furlong
prominent, ridden to lead 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, stayed on same pace
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
dwelt, driven along towards rear, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
pushed along towards rear, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
dwelt, soon mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and one pace final furlong
towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and no extra final furlong
behind, pushed along and some late headway, never near to challenge
prominent, pushed along halfway, lost ground and was soon behind
soon led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, led over 2f out, ridden and headed 2f out, no extra final furlong
mid-division, effort 3f out, soon behind
This is obviously the time of year for Waterpark and the six-year-old is given the nod over Yenaled, Xaloc Bay and Kenny The Truth, who arrive here in good form and merit plenty of respect. As does Saros, who will be a very popular choice as he bids for the hat-trick of straight wins today. However, he faces much stiffer opposition this time and needs to post a much improved performance to go in again today. Therefore, the nomination goes to Waterpark, who is very lightly raced from recent times and arrives here after winning a much better race than this at Redcar last time. The daughter of Namaqualand should have no problems with the 6lb penalty against this caliber of opposition and is taken to follow up whilst her confidence is on a high. Yenaled also merits plenty of respect and is another to arrive here on the back of a win last time out (for which he is unpenalised as that came in an apprentice's contest.) The Kevin Ryan-trained gelding also has a little more to prove in this grade and may find a well handicapped rival like Waterpark has his measure near the finish.