chased leaders for over 5f
held up, ridden along halfway, headway approaching final furlong, stayed on same pace
tracked leaders, ridden and led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, unable to quicken
slowly into stride, soon recovered to race in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, kept on one-paced
held up , never dangerous
chased leaders for over 6f
keen, held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on one-paced
towards rear, ridden halfway, soon outpaced
keen, always prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, hunf right final furlong, ran on
St Petersburg comes here in good form and will appreciate the step up to a mile. He doesn't look overburdened on his first venture into handicap company and is taken to prove too strong for his rivals. Californian has been a shade disappointing since finishing a close fourth behind Cranshaws at Newmarket, but he still cannot be left out of calculations in this. Special Envoy, whose dam stayed middle-distances, will be more at home over this trip and could well have been let in lightly on his handicap debut, while other to note include the Turtle Island colt Iloveturtle and the handicap debutante Prince Ivor.