pulled hard, tracked leader, ridden and led 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
steadied start, soon switched left, held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
steadied start, mid-division, ridden and weakened halfway
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong
always prominent, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, readily
slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden and edged left over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong
raced mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, never nearer
With none of those to have raced previously seemingly out of the ordinary this may go to one of the newcomers with Tafaahum preferred to Soulacroix and Total Force. The last mentioned is a son of Night Shift trained by Richard Hannon, whose two-year-old runners always warrant respect. Soulacroix is bred to do better over further and Tafaahum makes more appeal. Mark Johnston has done well with his juvenile¿s first time out this term and this son of Derby winner Erhaab is well related. He may be forward enough to make a winning debut. Of those to have raced, Newmarket third Maren has obvious claims but was well beaten at headquarters, Sir Michael Stoute's Major Effort is undoubtedly better than he showed on his debut, as is John Dunlop's Growler, while Carlburg and Hatch have the benefit of having raced more than once. However, Tafaahum would not need to be a world-beater to take a hand here and gets the verdict.
