heavily restrained leaving stalls, held up in rear, headway on outside 3f out, chase leaders 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, weakened soon after
took keen hold, held up in last trio, switched right to outside well over 1f out, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, driven and stayed on to lead final 50 yards
chased leaders, went 2nd inside final 2f, led entering final furlong, headed and not pace of winner final 50 yards
chased leader until ridden inside final 2f, outpaced over 1f out, stayed on again inside final furlong, took 3rd final 100 yards
slowly into stride, in touch, pushed along halfway, weakened approaching final furlong
chased leaders, ridden approaching final 2f, weakened approaching final furlong
There was little separating Gin Twist and Balm when they filled the placed behind Piranha at Lingfield last time and both could figure, while Fanrouge had Nude behind when scoring over C&D last month but was well beaten on slower ground at Chepstow last time. PRESSURE DROP won on her debut and did well to finish a close-up fifth at Windsor last month as she tended to hang left throughout the race. First-time headgear should solve that quirk and Jo Hughes' charge gets the vote here.
Pressure Drop (IRE) 3-1fav (8-9) Went badly left start, soon recovered to go prominent, driven 2f out, hung left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Betty Fontaine (8-12) at Windsor 5f 2yo fll stks (2) gd in Jun.
Balm 7-1 (8-2) Chased leader, ridden over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, 3rd of 6, 1l behind Piranha (9-5) at Lingfield 5f 2yo hcp (5) pol.
Fanrouge (IRE) 8-1 (8-11) Raced in close 3rd, chased winner 3f out, no impression final 2f, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 3, 6l behind Powerful Wind (9-2) at Chepstow 5f 2yo nov stk (4) gs.
Gin Twist 9-1 (7-13) Chased leading pair on inside, pushed along halfway, ridden to lead 1f out, headed final 75 yards, kept on, 2nd of 6, nk behind Piranha (9-5) at Lingfield 5f 2yo hcp (5) pol.
Nude (IRE) 20-1 (8-1) Outpaced in 5th, ridden halfway, never on terms, 5th of 6, 8l behind Impassive (8-8) at Nottingham 5f 2yo flls mdn auc stks (5) gf.
Hawaiian Freeze 100-1 (9-0) Prominent, ridden 3f out, weakened 1f out, 9th of 11, 12l behind Responsive (9-0) at Bath 6f 2yo stks (5) gd in Jun.
Stans Deelyte 100-1 (8-12) Prominent, under pressure over 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 10, 17l behind Shumoos (8-12) at Haydock 5f 2yo mdn (5) gf in May.
