chased leaders, ridden to lead briefly 2f out, edged left and bumped over 1f out, soon weakened
in touch, headway 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong
outpaced
led, headed over 4f out, weakened 3f out
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong
mid-division, headway halfway, not clear run from over 2f out until hampered over 1f out, soon switched right, not recover
soon chasing leaders, ridden and every chance well over 1f out, soon weakened
mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, every chance over well 1f out, one pace final furlong
pulled hard, with leader, led over 4f out, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
held up in rear, headway well over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
Musical Gift is still a maiden but he has strong claims here and gets the vote ahead of El Palmar and Mr Bountiful. Geoff Huffer's gelding has been rated as high as 70 in the past and showed he was no back number when chasing home Petana in a Wolverhampton claimer last time. He drops to selling company for the first time today and should be capable of beating these poor performers. El Palmar steps back into selling company after running well in a competitive handicap last time and must enter calculations. Mr Bountiful has similar claims, as he ran a cracker to finish just two lengths behind Quantum Leap in a handicap at Lingfield last time. Ziet d'Alsace is always a threat in this type of event and is worthy of plenty of respect, but Musical Gift has a lot in his favour today and is a confident selection