slowly into stride, soon led, headed over 3f out, hung right, weakened quickly
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden and headway 3f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened approaching final furlong
slowly into stride, closer order 4f out, soon ridden, slightly outpaced, headway on inside over 1f out, plugged on
in touch, tracked leader 3f out, led over 2f out, headed final furlong, no extra
keen in rear, edged right over 5f out, no impression
soon mid-division, ridden for headway 3f out, joined leader well over 1f out, led final furlong
tracked leader, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened
tracked leaders, ridden when hampered and lost place 3f out, stayed on moderately
Reg Hollinshead does well with his runners here and we will side with Bahamian Lad to get the better of Taken and Neyraan. The selection is relatively exposed but he has been running well here of late and this step-up to 7f could bring about the necessary improvement to see him get his head in front. Taken looks the obvious danger but at the forecast odds we are prepared to take him on. He did shape with plenty of promise at Lingfield last time when a close second behind Parisian Gift but he is not ideally drawn and he will need Jamie Spencer to weave his magic if he is to gain his first success. Neyraan is a filly who hails from a decent family but she has been a bit disappointing on her two starts so far so she looks to have a bit to prove. Infinity Bond is an interesting newcomer and is worth a look in the market, but for the winner we will stick with the consistent Bahamian Lad.
Takeanoteofthat (IRE) 33-1 (11-7) Mid-division, headway into 2nd halfway, weakened 4 out, 13th of 15, well behind Boleybawn Quikstar (11-12) at Tramore 2m mdn hdl gf in Oct (N.Hunt).
Bahamian Lad 5-2 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, one pace, 2nd of 5, 1 1/2l behind A Wish For You (8-7) at W'hampton 5f 2yo mdn auc (6) pol in Dec.
Infinity Bond Forzando colt out of a lightly-raced mare.
Kibitzer 8-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, held up in touch, weakened well over 1f out, 10th of 13, 7l behind Parisian Gift (9-0) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Dec.
Modern Practice (IRE) 40-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, always last, pushed along 4f out, lost touch over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, last of 4, 7l behind Ike Quebec (8-13) at W'hampton 6f 2yo clm (5) pol in Dec.
Taken (IRE) 7-2jt-fav (9-0) Held up mid-division, headway well over 1f out, hung left under pressure inside final furlong, all out, 2nd of 13, nk behind Parisian Gift (9-0) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Dec.
Neyraan 14-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 7l behind Bauhaus Bourbon (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn fll aut (6) pol in Dec.
Rio L'Oren (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride and outpaced from halfway, last of 8, 27l behind Edge of Gold (9-0) at Chepstow 5f 2yo fll mdn aut (5) gf in Aug.
