slowly away, held up in rear, not clear run over 1f out, ran on strongly towards finish
soon prominent, weakened rapidly 3f out
chased leader to over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong
keen hold, prominent on inner, led over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong
led to over 1f out, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, behind, bumped over 1f out, switched right and ran on inside final furlong
held up in rear, driven and no impression final 2f
held up in touch, headway to track leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, soon clear
raced wide in touch, driven on outer 2f out, soon beaten
held up, steady headway 3f out, not clear run over 1f out, switched right and ran on inside final furlong
keen, held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
always towards rear, ridden and struggling 3f out
Plausabelle is at the top of her game and looks set to go close again, however we will give the verdict to Gabana, with Summer Shades and Piquet also expected to go well. Gabana is making her all weather debut this afternoon after going close on numerous occasions on the turf last season. Her last racecourse venture was at Yarmouth back in July where she was a close third to Oh So Rosie, a decent effort in the context of this race. She does have a very good American pedigree so there is every chance she will like this surface and she gets a tentative vote. Plausabelle will be a tough nut to crack having landed two races at Wolverhampton. She ran well here on her only visit and will be difficult to keep out of the frame. Summer Shades returned to somewhere near her best last time when chasing home Barzak at Wolverhampton, while Piquet put in her usual sound performance behind Dark Society her last week. Both are entitled to respect along with Clive Brittain's Sierra, but Gabana looks well treated for her first all-weather start and gets the vote
Island Rapture 14-1 Behind, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, one pace final furlong, 4th of 12, 4l behind Fiddlers Creek at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (D2) pol in Jan.
Gabana (IRE) 9-2jt-fav Raced centre, held up in rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and put head in air, not quicken, 3rd of 14, 3/4l behind Oh So Rosie at Yarmouth 1m fll hcp 0-70 (E) gd in Jul.
Kindlelight Debut 12-1 Tracked leaders, chased winner over 1f out, one pace and weakened towards finish, 4th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Ali Bruce at Lingfield 7f stk (E3) pol in Dec.
Beauty of Dreams 12-1 Pulled hard, close up, ridden and kept on one pace final 2f, 4th of 14, 4l behind Quantum Leap at Lingfield 7f app hcp (E3) pol.
Sierra 12-1 In touch, ridden to chase leaders 3f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 12, 2 1/2l behind Kew The Music at W'hampton 7f hcp (E3) pol in Jan.
Plausabelle 6-4fav Held up in touch, headway on outer over 2f out, ridden to lead well over 1f out, soon edged left, just held on, won at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp (F4) pol in Jan beating Mobo-Baco by a shd, 12 ran.
Summer Shades 16-1 In touch, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and not quicken inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Barzak at W'hampton 7f app hcp (F4) pol in Jan.
Piquet 6-1 Held up in rear, effort on wide outside over 2f out, ridden briefly inside final furlong, not pace of winner, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Dark Society at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (F4) pol.
