chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 2f out, hung right over 1f out, one pace final furlong
in touch, headway over 1f out, soon switched right, led inside final furlong, ran on
towards rear, slightly hampered after 1f, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders over 5f
led, ridden 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
chased leader until ridden over 3f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, not trouble winner
keen, soon in touch, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong
slowly into stride, held up, hampered after 1f, ran on final furlong, never nearer
slowly into stride, always behind
chased leaders, not much room and lost place after 1f, soon behind
slowly into stride, always towards rear
A winner here over the extended mile last time, Fasylitator is just as effective over this shorter trip and Jamie Osborne's colt is preferred to Tyrone Sam and Keep Me Warm. The last mentioned is less exposed than many of these and trainer Bill Turner's runners in this grade always warrant respect. He is closely matched with Mothecombe Dream on running behind Llamadas here last month. The David Nicholls-trained Exit Smiling is another with claims on the pick of his form, while Moon Mischief receives weight all round. A bigger threat is likely to come from Tyrone Sam at the other end of the weights. Kevin Ryan's gelding has run well at Southwell on his last two starts in similar grade and having shown that he handles this surface just as well is entitled to be thereabouts. The vote though goes to Fasylitator who is a consistent performer and need only reproduce his last time out form to win this.