broke well, soon steadied, in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, led inside final furlong, kept on
prominent, pulled hard, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, beaten when edged left 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
soon led, headed over 5f out, led again over 3f out, edged left well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
led early, prominent, not much room briefly over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
held up in touch, raced keenly, ridden and carried held high well over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
prominent, led over 5f out until ridden over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
slowly into stride, always in rear
An open race which may come down to the form behind Hi Spec last time over course and distance, where Desert Lover and Bonnet O' Bonnie finished second and third. Desert Lover gets the vote. Fun In The Sun, Grezie and Suhayl Star have all run well enough of late to enter calculations but, of those three, only Grezie has ever managed to get her head in front on the all-weather so it's not too difficult to look elsewhere. The selection only had about a length to spare from Bonnet O' Bonnie last time but, with the draw advantage firmly in his favour, we can't see any reason why the form should be reversed. So with Desert Lover being a multiple winner on the all-weather he's taken to add to his tally.
Bahamian Bay 12-1 (8-3) Pressed winner to halfway, weakened well over 1f out, 8th of 9, 9l behind Decider (8-4) at W'hampton 6f hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Feb.
Cadi May 100-1 (8-5) Hampered start, soon chasing leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, kept on same pace, 12th of 17, 11l behind Finsbury (8-9) at Leicester 7f 3yo & 4yo sll (6) frm in Aug.
Desert Lover (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Held up, not clear run 2f out, good headway over 1f out, ran on, 2nd of 11, 1l behind Hi Spec (9-0) at W'hampton 7f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Feb.
Grezie 7-2fav (9-0) Steadied start, held up, not clear run on inner and checked approaching 2f out, stayed on to take third inside final furlong, never nearer, 3rd of 8, 6l behind Piccostar (8-7) at Kempton 6f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Feb.
Gyration (IRE) 4-1 (8-5) Tracked leaders, every chance 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 8th of 10, 7l behind Climate (8-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Stoneacre Gareth (IRE) 3-1fav (9-0) Soon tracking leader, weakened entering final furlong, 7th of 13, 6l behind Bahhmirage (9-6) at W'hampton 1m 1f Stks (41-45) (7) pol.
Suhayl Star (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Held up, head way to lead narrowly over 1f out, hard ridden, no extra when headed well inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Piccostar (8-7) at Kempton 6f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Feb.
Temtation (IRE) 12-1 (8-11) Led, ridden and headed when edged right over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Blackheath (9-1) at W'hampton 6f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Feb.
Wattys The Craic 33-1 (8-10) Mid-division, ridden and no headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 7l behind Jessica Wigmo (8-5) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-50 (6) pol in Feb.
Bonnet O'Bonnie 4-1jt-fav (9-0) Mid-division, headway on outside over 2f out, edged left entering final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 11, 2l behind Hi Spec (9-0) at W'hampton 7f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Feb.
Fun In The Sun 9-2 (9-0) Prominent, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 2nd of 10, 3/4l behind Mr Chocolate Drop (9-6) at Kempton 7f Stks (41-45) (7) pol in Feb.
Keon (IRE) 12-1 (8-9) Held up, ridden over 3f out, outpaced 2f out, 6th of 10, 10l behind Silver Hotspur (9-4) at Southwell 7f hcp (6) fbs in Jan.
