held up, headway on wide outside over 2f out, hung left from over 1f out, ran on
chased leader, ridden and lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
led, headed 4f out, soon hampered on inside and weakened
held up, ridden and headway 3f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong
flashed tail intermittently, always prominent, led 4f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong
prominent, not clear run and lost place over 3f out, soon behind
held up, not clear run over 3f out, no chance after
held up, headway on outside over 3f out, one pace final furlong
held up in touch, headway over 4f out, ridden to go 2nd over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, steady headway 5f out, behind final 3f
slowly into stride, always behind
This is very open but the vote goes to Summer Shades, with Almond Willow, Hazewind, Riska King and Vonadaisy being others to consider. The selection has the advantages of being a course and distance winner who is racing from a competitive mark. Much as she has not shown her best form on the Polytrack, the booking of Kieren Fallon offsets that as another positive. Almond Willow is also a course and distance winner and, being lightly raced, has to be given a chance, while Vonadaisy is also lightly raced and, having run well at York last time, also warrants consideration. Charlie Tango is closely weighted with Almond Willow on York runs, while Riska King holds a chance based on his Turf form and probably acts on Polytrack. Hazewind won from a mark of 65 at York last time and, with his rider taking off three pounds, can also run his race. As we say, it's open but the vote, once again, goes to Summer Shades.