made virtually all, ridden and edged right 1f out, ran on
soon outpaced
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon edged left and weakened
prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, behind, headway when not clear run over 1f out, ran on, never nearer
mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to go 2nd over 1f out, stayed on
in touch, hampered and lost place over 3f out, ridden and switched left 1f out, soon weakened
prominent, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong
prominent 4f
chased leaders 2f, soon behind
mid-division, ridden halfway, soon weakened
held up, hampered after 2f and over 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on, never reached leaders
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on
From a shortlist here of Zoom Zoom, Gone'N'Dunnett, Glencairn Star and, possibly, Indian Maiden, we will opt for Zoom Zoom. Zoom Zoom won from a mark of 66 in November but ran fairly well from his current mark last time, Afford him respect, as indeed you should the progressive Glencairn Star, who has won three of his last four races, at five, six and seven furlongs, but about whom seven furlongs could prove a better trip, and Gone'N'Dunnett, who won well at Southwell last time and is due to go up by two pounds in the ratings soon. Of the others, Indian Maiden won at Leicester in October and acted on Dunstall Park's old surface, while Xpres Digital is closely weighted with Gone'N'Dunnett based on their Southwell runs last time. With St Ivian struggling to quite get his head in front from his current rating and then others seeming to have lost their form based on recent efforts, we turn again to the selection, which is Zoom Zoom.