always towards rear
tracked leaders, headway on inside to lead over 2f out, driven out
in touch, ridden halfway, switched right over 1f out, ran on strongly inside but not reach winner
led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened quickly
mid to rear, hard ridden from halfway, weakened 2f out
mid-division, ridden and weakened final furlong
led for 1f, stayed prominent and going well approaching 2f out, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, hung left under pressure, no impression
tracked leaders, went wide and lost place on bend over 1f out, ran on again, not reach leaders
Well drawn Justalord could be the value bet in this tricky five furlong contest. A minimum trip specialist, his trainer is in excellent form at present and his course form is solid. The TEAMtalk selection rarely runs a poor race at this track and despite looking the stable second string should put up a good account of himself. The stable first string looks to be Henry Tun who put in a fine effort to win at Southwell last time out. He is hampered here by his inside draw. Soaked rarely runs a bad race and has good course form here. He will have to fight to get his favoured front-running position and that is a negative. Aa-youknownothing looked on his last outing like he was returning to form and has the ability to land this if he is on a going day. Doubts linger about the rest of the field due to poor current form but horses such as Mizhar, Carol's Choice and Neptune's Gift are capable of winning this type of race at their very best.