held up, patiently ridden, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out
chased leaders, ridden and effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
held up in touch, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders, led over 3f out, soon headed and weakened
held up, some headway over 2f out, no impression
tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
held up in touch, effort over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
towards rear, headway under pressure over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
slowly into stride, behind halfway
led, ridden and headed over 3f out, soon weakened
Some of these have become hard to win with and this looks to be something of a die-hards only event. Therefore is may be prudent to give Honorine a chance to live up to her billing as top weight after a promising debut in handicap company at Brighton on her reappearance. She is still on a very fair mark despite being raised 2lb for that effort and a similarly gutsy effort can enable her to see off the likes of Dreams Forgotten and Zaynatt, who are both exposed as being ordinary. Half Inch will have her supporters after her surprise victory at Warwick earlier in the month, but she is 4lb higher today and it remains to be seen how well she will fare if the cheeckpieces have the same effect this time around.