started very slowly, tailed off throughout
chased leading pair, hung right on bend and reminders over 4f out, driven in well held 3rd and no impression over 2f out
made all, over 2 lengths ahead 2f out, shaken up over 1f out, forged clear, kept up to work, easily (hand timed)
mid-division and off the pace, switched right to outside halfway, stayed on to well held 4th just over 1f out
started slowly and slightly hampered start, outpaced and never on terms
slowly into stride, soon outpaced, modest effort on inside well over 1f out
went left start, chased leading trio, pushed along halfway, soon outpaced and struggling
raced in 5th, not on terms with leading quartet, ridden halfway, weakened rapidly, tailed off
soon chased winner, ridden and no chance over 2f out, clear 2nd best
raced in 6th, never on terms, ridden and struggling halfway
INDIAN NARJES is given another chance to confirm her debut promise with Coeus, Degly Bo and Spirit Of Oakdale others to consider for the first of three races to be run on the Polytrack. Mick Channon's filly took second behind a rival with an experience advantage on her debut so it was no shock to see her backed to win at Windsor last time. However, she was fractious during the preliminaries and failed to do herself justice with a laboured display. With that in mind she should be watched with interest ahead of the start but in the hope that she behaves we'll stick with her. Coeus is closely related to some very speedy juveniles so it was slightly disappointing to see him readily outpaced on debut. Whether that was down to inexperience of a lack of pace only time will tell, but this step up to six furlongs should help and he's one to consider. The aforementioned pair are expected to dominate, but there are two newcomers in particular who catch the eye: Degly Bo is a half-brother to multiple listed winner Nashmiah and Spirit Of Oakdale is a well-bred daughter of Acclamation. Our belief is that both will improve for this initial experience and indeed a step up in distance in time but the market will help to clarify matters. With Captain Dimitrios having offered little on debut the rest are hard to make a case for, although support for Eve Johnson Houghton's filly Amistress would be interesting. In all probability this will prove to be an average maiden and Indian Narjes should be up to taking it if on her best behaviour.
Arctic Reach Phoenix Reach colt out of Arctic Queen.
Captain Dimitrios 16-1 (9-3) Chased leaders on outside, ridden halfway, went right 2f out, weakening when slightly hampered over 1f out, 8th of 10, 7l behind Jollywood (8-12) at Bath 6f 2yo mdn (5) fm in May.
Coeus 5-2 (9-3) Chased leading pair, pushed along halfway, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong to press for 2nd, no chance with winner, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Reckless Reward (9-3) at Lingfield 5f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in May.
Degly Bo (IRE) Araafa colt out of Frond.
Spirit Of Oakdale (IRE) Acclamation colt out of Nichodoula.
Zakon (IRE) Ivan Denisovich colt out of Franny.
Amistress Kalanisi filly out of Atwirl.
Bendigedig 100-1 (8-7) Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, no impression, 12th of 16, 12l behind Ladyanne (8-6) at Warwick 5f 2yo mdn aut (5) gd in May.
Hannah Cann 50-1 (8-6) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden halfway, no impression, last of 8, 16l behind Tanked Up (8-11) at Catterick 5f 2yo sll (6) gf in Apr.
Indian Narjes 11-8fav (9-0) Restless in stalls, chased leaders, driven over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 10, 4l behind Masaya (8-11) at Windsor 5f 2yo stks (5) gd in May.
Nice Chimes (IRE) Chineur filly out of Nice One Clare.
