raced greenly behind leaders, pushed along halfway, ridden and effort over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
tried to make all, shaken up over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on, headed post
tracked leader, headway to challenge over 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
steadied start, held up, headway over 1f out, driven and ran on well to lead post
Rahaf has shown a consistent level of form and should have little difficulty in getting off the mark but is passed over on this occasion. Mark Johnston's charge has proved expensive to follow having started favourite on each of his four previous starts. The son of Theatrical also has to prove his stamina and fitness so looks opposable at the likely short odds. Foretold makes plenty of appeal on breeding and hails from a yard that can ready a first-time out juvenile winner so has to be respected and should be noted in the market but the TEAMtalk selection goes to Chaffinch. Roger Charlton's yard continues in top form and this Lear fan filly, who is from the same family as Al Bahathri, made a pleasing debut when fourth in a similar heat at Newmarket last month. Chaffinch ran green in the early stages before staying on in eyecatching fashion and should improve significantly for the experience.
