held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, edged left from over 1f out, kept on one pace
held up, ridden and lost place over 4f out
slowly into stride, ridden and headway 3f out, stayed on under pressure from over 1f out, not reached leaders
held up, ridden 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on one pace
steadied start, switched to inside, always in rear
soon led, ridden and headed 1f out, stayed on same pace
always prominent, led 1f out, ridden out
held up, ridden and headway 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden and headway on outside over 3f out, no impression final 2f
Another puzzling contest to test the brain cells and after much deliberation Miss Glory Be is a tentative choice to beat How's Things and Bond Millennium. Gay Kelleway's charge has been a model of consistency and ran a cracker to finish runner up behind Prince of Gold over course and distance back in September, a repeat of that showing should be good enough to dispose of these rivals. How's Things comes here in terrific form having landed a seller here before trouncing the opposition in a better race at Wolverhampton, the drop back to a mile shouldn't be a problem and he rates a big danger to the selection. Top weight Bond Millennium rarely runs a bad race and although for the last two years he has been restricted to the turf, he does have winning form here at Southwell and can take a hand in the finish. Recent course and distance winner Barzak is also worthy of a mention but Miss Glory Be just gets the nod.