prominent, chased leader going well, halfway, hard ridden 2f out, soon weakened
chased leader to halfway, weakened over 2f out, eased when no chance final furlong
led against nearside rail, hard ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, outpaced and no chance with winner final furlong
steady start, held up last on inside, ridden 2f out, stayed on to take 3rd well inside final furlong
Just five go to post for this classified contest but it is difficult to separate them, but we will take a chance on King's Caprice, who should have most to fear from Fruit Of Glory and Fromsong. This son of Pursuit Of Love contested a hot class B handicap on his seasonal debut and wasn't disgraced , going down by eight lengths to Henry Candy's Spliff. Toby Balding's runners generally improve for their first outing and King's Caprice can take this before returning to handicaps. Fromsong is the class horse in the race having finished a close up fourth behind Frizzante in the Palace House stakes, he looks certain to be in the firing line here. Fruit Of Glory ran well under top-weight in a competitive handicap at Goodwood last week and deserves a second look. Mazepa also comes into the equation on the pick of his handicap performances. So a very tricky event but we will side with King's Caprice.