tracked leaders and keen, went 2nd 7f out, ridden and weakened over 4f out, tailed off
made all, ridden clear approaching 2f out, easily
held up in rear, ridden 7f out, no impression final 2f
held up towards rear, pushed along halfway, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden 4f out, one pace no impression final furlong
held up in touch, headway to go 2nd over 5f out, one pace final 2f
towards rear, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened over 4f out, tailed off
chased winner, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened
held up in touch, ridden over 6f, headway over 4f out, ran on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
With all due respect, this is a decidedly modest contest, one in which Welcome Break looks to hold an obvious and outstanding chance on the best of his form. Inglewood might chase him home. Placed in an 12-furlong amateurs' event at Southwell in January of last year, a repetition of that effort would be good enough, and the longer trip should present no problems to him. The booking of Tony Culhane is also a positive sign. Most of the others have shown very little indeed recently on the Flat, with their better efforts coming in low-grade hurdles. As such, we return to Welcome Break as the most likely winner, and he gets the nomination.