prominent, ridden to lead final furlong, ran on
slowly into stride, always behind
slowly into stride, behind, ridden 3f out, stayed on final furlong, nearest at finish
started slowly, held up in rear, ridden and headway when switched right over 1f out, ran on nearest at finish
soon behind, kept on final furlong never dangerous
prominent, left after 1f, headed over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened quickly
chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent, not much room over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace
Ladies Knight, Henry Tun and Tuscan Dream are the three to concentrate on in this Handicap, and we will give Henry Tun the narrow vote. This 6-year-old gelding is a course and distance winner who has been showing signs of a return to form of late, and he could be the one to beat in an open affair. He was a little disappointing last time but he had previously run well over this course and distance when a close third behind Best Lead. If he can reproduce that effort, he will be hard to beat. Ladies Knight was a close second behind Whippasnapper last time, but that was over 6 furlongs, and as she is often slowly away in her races, she may struggle now that she is dropped in trip. Whippasnapper has since gone on to run a fair race when a well beaten second behind Type One at Lingfield on Wednesday, so Ladies Knight cannot be ruled out as she is clearly in good heart at present. Tuscan Dream could be a lively outsider in the race as this gelding is a course and distance winner, but he has been badly out of form of late, while Mynd was a winner over this course and distance last time so is another to enter calculations. This looks like an open contest, and we will make Henry Tun our tentative choice.