slowly into stride and went right start, always behind
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
very slow away, always well behind, tailed off
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, stayed on well final furlong
chased leaders, until weakened 2f out
chased leaders, ridden to challenge 2f out, every chance approaching final furlong, no extra inside last
slowly into stride, soon prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, led over 2f out, kept on and headed towards finish
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slow away, towards rear, ridden halfway, kept on final 2f out
close up, ridden over 2f out, kept on to lead towards finish
Not a race that will take much winning and this appears a good opportunity for Miss Mirage to open her account while Winthorpe and Royal Advocate look best of the remainder to have raced previously. The selection showed signs of inexperience on her debut at Chester when never sighted after a slow start behind the well regarded Chic. However, the daughter of Alhaarth showed she is progressing along the right lines when finishing a creditable fourth behind a potentially smart performer at Salisbury last week. The Barry Hills-trained filly displayed plenty of pace on the latter occasion and it is to be hoped she will be given a positive ride from the front, in which case the three-year-old should prove hard to peg back from a favourable low draw. Winthorpe ran well when narrowly denied in a handicap over course and distance late last month but had her limitations exposed when easily held next time off a mark of 65 and the ground may prove livelier than ideal for John Quinn's charge. Royal Advocate showed nothing on her first two starts in useful maiden company but showed a little more sparkle last time and may reach a place while newcomers Raccoon and Abellabrig are worth noting in the market.
