always behind
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
behind, short lived effort on outside 3f out, soon struggling
mid-division, headway 3f out, led well over 1f out, soon hung badly right to stand rail, headed and no extra inside final furlong
held up, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
led until well over 1f out, weaken inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, every chance from well over 1f out until no extra inside final furlong
dwelt, mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, hung right and led inside final furlong, ran on
chase leader until 3f out, soon weakened
The vote here goes to Don Pasquale ahead of Borocay Dream and Paper Doll. A starting point here is Borocay Dream, who was not beaten far over a mile at Lingfield in a race won by Big Band Music that has worked out quite well and, with his breeding suggesting a step up in trip might help, could go well in a modest heat. It is interesting that David Loder, who trains Big Band Music, saddles Don Pasquale here, and that runner was third to a Peter Chapple-Hyam runner on his latest start. As Chapple-Hyam trains Borocay Dream, the betting is likely to prove telling today. On a line through Avanti Avanti, there is not much between Borocay Dream and Paper Doll, so factor that point in also, while much as Self Respect has plenty of dirt winners in his pedigree, he could not have been showing too much speed at home last season to debut at 10 furlongs. With Seattle Robber's form being solid if unspectacular, and with the Mark Johnston runner Sea Kestrel having finished behind another Loder runner in Royal Wedding on his debut, the wheel spins us back to Don Pasquale, whose form rates at least on a par with those in this contest to have raced, and who can score in division two of the maiden.
