held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, led inside final furlong, headed post
soon led, headed after 1f, remained prominent, ridden and effort over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
always prominent, led after 3f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer
held up in touch, shaken up halfway, some headway over 2f out, never on terms
in touch, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on under pressure to lead post
prominent, ridden and weakened over 2f out
held up, switched right and effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led after 1f, headed after 3f, remained handy, ridden and weakened over 3f out
Although taking a huge step up in trip Dami could be the answer here in preference to the consistent Piri Piri, the lightly-raced Fort Churchill and Mark Brisbourne's Merrymaker. Dami put in a creditable effort at Windsor a week last Monday and shaped that day as though a step up in trip would suit. Darryll Holland retains the mount and further improvement is expected from the son of Dynaformer. If he fails to stay then it could pay to side with Merrymaker. The gelding has improved for leaving Sir Michael Stoute's yard and has produced two decent efforts for his in-form new connections. Piri Piri rarely runs a poor race and has each-way claims for his first attempt at this distance on turf. Fort Churchill runs in his first handicap here and ran a pleasing effort on his seasonal reappearance at Yarmouth last month. Philip Robinson takes the mount and any market support would be interesting. However a chance is taken on the stamina of Dami who was good enough to finish not too far behind the smart Punctilious on his debut as a juvenile.
