towards rear, ridden 3f out, headway over 2f, kept on one pace final furlong
chased leaders on inside, ridden over 2f out, quickly weakened over 1f out, soon eased
held up, ridden over 3f out, headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong
slowly away, behind, ridden over 3f out, no impression
towards rear, effort over 3f out, never dangerous
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, quickened clear inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on final furlong
in touch, ridden well over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, kept on, no chance with winner
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on one pace final furlong
with leader, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Having been narrowly beaten when well supported in a handicap at Newmarket's Guineas meeting, Sir Michael Stoute's Arakan will be a popular choice to go one better and is taken to do so at the main expense of New Seeker and Greek Revival. The selection did not appear to be particularly well treated at Newmarket off a mark of 89 given that the horse that he beat by three-quarters of a length at Warwick previously, New Seeker, had won a similar contest of a rating of 76. Considering that, the son of Nureyev did well to go down by just half-a-length to the improving Self Evident and, off the same mark, Arakan should be able to again beat New Seeker, who has gone up 11lbs for his success. The Barry Hills-trained Greek Revival looked a colt of some potential when winning at Lingfield nursery last term but disappointed on his return in the Free Handicap and a bigger threat to the selection may be Dame de Noche. From the in-form stable of James Given, she beat a decent-looking field of maidens to open her account at Nottingham last month and, from a decent draw, looks a danger off a fair mark.
