in touch, ridden to lead over 2f out, stayed on well
prominent, led 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, one pace
mid-division, headway over 3f out, went 2nd well over 1f out, soon ridden and hung left, not run on
soon chasing leaders, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
soon struggling in rear
led, headed 4f out, soon ridden, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, no impression
slowly into stride, behind, effort halfway, soon weakened
always towards rear, never dangerous
chased leaders, ridden and lost place over 4f out, rallied over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
In our view the shortlist for the claimer consists of Hatch, Blue Empire, Emaradia and Fission ahead of Knight On the Tiles and, possibly, Turf Princess, with our vote going to Hatch. The first-three named come out best on official ratings and adjusted marks so clearly hold chances. That said, Fission looks to have a few lengths to find with Emaradia based on their runs here over six furlongs last time. Blue Empire is a seven-furlong winner at Southwell and ran well enough at Lingfield last time, and although he did not seem to find too much in the finish there, he should be more at home at this level. However, the selection gets the nod by virtue of some good runs in decent maidens last season. Admittedly, she pulled hard when running unplaced at Ascot in her final run, but connections are very canny and would surely not be running her here unless they felt she had some sort of chance. A possible downside is that she has yet to encounter this surface. As a course and distance winner, Turf Princess comes into the reckoning, while Knight On the Tiles is another to consider if able to transfer his Turf form to fibresand. However, in an interesting race of its kind, we'll side with Hatch.
