held up and pulled hard, headway over 5f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out
held up, headway 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, soon beaten
held up, ridden 3f out, headway 2f out, one pace
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd well inside final furlong, not trouble winner
behind final 3f
held up, hampered and stumbled 2f out, never on terms
led until over 3f out, weakening when not clear run 2f out
Nonrunner
Aventura had shown very little before winning over course and distance last time, and will find it hard to follow up here, so we will take a chance on Instant Hit, with Familiar Affair also expected to run well. Instant Hit is trained by Mark Brisbourne, who also sends out Tokawanna . The last named is quite consistent and must have place claims but Instant Hit is steadily improving and may have got in here on a decent mark. He finished fourth behind Aventura last time, and although there is little difference in the weights the selection can improve past that rival. Familiar Affair is trained by David Barron and finished alongside Tokewanna over course and distance last month, there should be little between them again today but Familiar Affair does have the better draw. So all in all a very tough race to sort out, with Fisby another to consider, but we will take a chance on Instant Hit.