slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway 6f out, ridden over 3f out and weakened
held up and pulled hard in rear, lost touch 10f out, pulled up over 4f out
led, headed after 3f, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f
held up in touch, headway to join leaders 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f, pushed clear
tracked leaders and keen, tracked winner from over halfway, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out
with leader, led after 3f, ridden when headed over 1f out, one pace
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, eased when beaten approaching final furlong
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Mark Johnston looks to have found a suitable opportunity for Recognise to open his account and he gets the vote over Historic Place and Fu Fighter. The last mentioned has shown signs of ability and should be suited by the step up in trip but would want plenty of rain and a bigger threat may come from Toby Balding's Ascot bumper winner Historic Place who has run with credit in two maidens on the flat to date. Jeremy Noseda's Fiddlers Ford takes a big step up in trip and is not a certain stayer and of more interest may be the Barry Hills-trained Opera Star, who ran as well as could have been expected at Bath on Wednesday. The vote though goes to Recognise, who has the best form on offer and is bred to appreciate the longer distance today.
