held up in touch, headway 7f out, led 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, ridden 5f out, no headway final 3f
tracked leaders, ridden 5f out, weakening when hampered 4f out, tailed off
held up towards rear, ridden 4f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, headway 6f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
held up, headway on inside 4f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up towards rear, headway going well 4f out. led final furlong, ridden out
held up, good headway 3f out, one-paced final furlong
led for 4f, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
in touch and pulled hard, headway to lead after 4f , ridden and headed 4f out, soon weakened
There will be plenty of people prepared to give Bhutan another chance, but even though he has plenty of ability, he doesn't like to excerpt himself. Although Desert Spa is tumbling down the handicap, he has looked out of sorts recently and is best watched until he shows signs of a revival. Hot Love is effective over course and distance as she showed when runner-up to Belinda earlier this month. She runs off the same mark her and may provide the biggest threat to Deco Star, who hacked up in a seller here last week. This doesn't look much better than that grade and he may be capable of defying this higher mark.