dwelt, behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, chased leader final furlong, ran on
led, headed over 6f out, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
prominent, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, kept on final furlong
prominent, led over 6f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
behind, soon pushed along, ridden and headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven out
towards rear, ridden and headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
dwelt, soon chasing leaders, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong
behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on, never nearer
towards rear, soon pushed along, ridden and headway over 3f out, one pace final furlong
A competitive field goes to post for the finale but on closer inspection not many can be given a serious chance of winning and the principals look to be Vesta Flame, Blue Maeve and Pageant and the tentative vote goes to Vesta Flame. The three-year old was a good third behind Bella Pavlina last time out and a reproduction of that effort would make him hard to beat. Blue Maeve rates the main danger on his latest fourth behind Indian Warrior but he is not the most consistent of performers so is opposed for that reason. Pageant is also worthy of respect and he ran as if returning to form when fourth behind Balerno and he should not be far away off what looks a good mark. Of the remainder All On My Own was behind the selection last time and there is no reason why he should reverse the placings on these terms so for the winner we return to Vesta Flame.