hampered start, held up, never dangerous
mid-division, headway halfway, kept on same pace final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, no extra final furlong
held up, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, effort over 1f out, never dangerous
bumped start, held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
keen, with leader, ridden and weakened well over 2f out
always prominent, led over 2f out, pushed out
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
held up mid-division, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out,
held up in touch, ridden halfway, soon beaten
As she had done at the Craven meeting, Angel Annie led for much of the way but on this occasion she dropped away tamely from three furlongs out at which point Play That Tune took up the running. The daughter of Zilzal holds an entry in the Coronation Cup and, while she may not be up to that class, Henry Cecil¿s filly was good enough to beat these. However, the way that Marcus Tregoning¿s newcomer Irtahal stuck with the winner suggests that it is the runner-up who is the one to side with should the first two meet again in the near future. El Laoob, another filly making her debut, lost no caste in defeat in third place and should be winning before too long. Red Flame finished a creditable fourth.
