led, joined 6f out, headed over 1f out, soon outpaced by winner
tracked leaders, outpaced from halfway
joined leader after 2f, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Dylans Verse and Our Ivor have shown nothing so far to suggest they can play a role in this, unless one of them turns out to be much better on the Fibresand than turf. Purple 'n Gold has won over 6f on Polytrack so this surface and today's trip are an unknown to him and FINBAR looks the safest option. He won a nursery over C&D last time in the style of a horse well suited to the track and James Given's colt can show further improvement by following up here.
Finbar 5-2fav (9-4) Tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Southwell 1m 2yo hcp 0-70 (5) fbs beating Ishiamiracle (8-4) by 4 1/2l, 8 ran.
Purple 'n Gold (IRE) 10-11fav (9-2) Tracked leaders, outpaced 3f out, rallied 1f out, ran on, not able to trouble winner, 2nd of 5, 1 3/4l behind Blodwen Abbey (8-8) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo nov stks (5) pol in Oct.
Dylans Verse (IRE) 100-1 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 13th of 17, 26l behind Cubanita (8-12) at Nottingham 1m 2yo mdn (5) sft.
Our Ivor 100-1 (9-3) Towards rear, pushed along 3f out, kept on, never on terms, 10th of 17, 17l behind Colima (8-12) at Nottingham 1m 2yo mdn (5) sft.
