slowly into stride, keen, pressed leader, led over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra
held up in last, under pressure well over 1f out, no impression
led until just over 2f out, weakened quickly, eased
tracked leaders, led approaching final furlong, readily
in touch, headway over 2f out, effort in 3rd when slightly short of room over 1f out, soon one pace
EBURY looked above average when making a winning start at Kempton. Martyn Meade’s colt is entered in a Group 3 contest in Ireland later this month and may well be good enough to defy a penalty in this. Flighty Almighty has been off the track since last summer having debuted at Ascot and better is expected from her this year while Innocent finished closer at Lingfield when last in action but El Picador showed little progress in three starts last season. Night Closure is hard to recommend on what little he’s shown so far.
Ebury 6-1 (9-2) Slowly away, towards rear on outside, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear inside final furlong, quite impressive, won at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Mar beating Majestic Dawn (9-2) by 2 3/4l, 10 ran.
El Picador (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Held up and behind, kept on steadily inside final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 8, 10 1/4l behind Ours Puissant (9-2) at Kempton 1m stks (4) pol in Oct.
Night Closure 66-1 (9-2) Led, headed inside final 2f, soon ridden and jinked left, weakened over 1f out, last of 4, 15 1/2l behind Motafaawit (9-2) at Leicester 7f stks (4) gf in Jun.
Flighty Almighty 7-2 (9-0) Keen tracking leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 4l behind Ceratonia (9-0) at Ascot 7f fll stks (4) gf in Jul.
Innocent (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, plugged on in modest 4th towards finish, 4th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Dubai Blue (9-0) at Lingfield 1m fll stks (4) pol in Sep.
