slowly into stride, held up, headway over 2f out, soon ridden and one pace
prominent, led halfway, headed over 1f out, soon hampered, weakening when hung right inside final furlong
in touch, effort over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
slowly into stride, held up, never dangerous
tracked leaders, driven to challenge halfway, soon weakened
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on
in touch, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and headed halfway, soon weakened
mid-division, outpaced halfway, never dangerous
held up, ridden and hung right from over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, nearest finish
outpaced towards rear, headway over 1f out, never nearer
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, led and hung left over 1f out, swerved left and right under pressure inside final furlong, headed close home
held up, ridden halfway, never dangerous
held up mid-division, smooth headway over 2f out, stayed on strongly to lead last strides, driven out
slowly into stride, mid-division, weakened over 2f out, tailed off
prominent, lost place after 2f, soon beaten
Another very tricky maiden with many unknown quantities, but we have managed to narrow it down to Kerashan, Bureaucrat & Rightful Ruler, with the first named just edging the decision. Sir Michael Stoute's youngster has put in two decent displays so far. His most recent effort at Kempton was most encouraging as he ran green in the closing stages when just beaten by John Gosden's Australian. The experience will be of great value here and he looks the on to be on. Gosden himself is represented by Bureaucrat who put up a solid first effort when a close up fourth in a Salisbury maiden last time, with improvement expected he will be a major threat to all. Rightful Ruler has come up against some decent performers in two Bath maidens and is well capable of taking a hand in the finish here. There are some well connected debutantes in this contest so watch out for any big market movers, but on this occasion we will stick with the form horse and that appears to be Kerashan.
