dwelt, soon outpaced, in rear, effort on wide outside over 2f out, soon ridden and beaten
fractious in stalls, led to just over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leader, challenged and edged left from over 1f out, one pace final furlong
chased leaders, led just over 2f out, ran on under pressure until unable to quicken and headed inside final furlong
soon outpaced, ran on final furlong, nearest finish
soon outpaced by leading trio, driven to challenge over 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong
soon outpaced, well in rear halfway, never going pace to challenge
A competitive looking sprint with recent winners Semenovskii, Ryan's Future and Litewska all holding solid claims on the book. With a high draw essential at Windsor; we will side with the Paul D'Arcy trained runner. Semenovskii was arguably unlucky in running in a handicap here in June and with a draw of five and the talents of Darryll Holland in the saddle - there are plenty of ticks in the right boxes. Ryans Future could be the fly in the ointment. He didn't beat anything out of the ordinary at Catterick last time out but he did look to have come on tremendously from his debut run at Windsor. Richard Hughes looks an interesting booking for Alec Stewart. Litewska has turned into something of a Jekyll and Hyde character these days. The memory of a good run at Sandown being obliterated by a poor one at Newmarket last time out. She is well in at the conditions and cannot totally be discounted. Linden's Lady is expected to make the running. Third to Bandit Queen at Kempton last week; the form of that race has not been upheld as the winner was well held under a penalty at Newmarket a couple of days later. This is Hey Presto's best chance of a win for some time. He has been in much better contests than this of late although he was a tad disappointing at Haydock when favourite for a six furlong handicap. Having considered the alternatives we believe that Semenovskii looks the best bet for this intriguing sprint.
