held up in rear, always travelling well, headway over 3f out, led over 1f out, driven clear, impressive
held up in rear, some headway over 1f out, never on terms
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon outpaced
tracked leaders, under pressure over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, headway and edged right over 1f out, soon chasing leaders, weakened final furlong
tracked leader, under pressure over 2f out, soon weakened
BASQUE BEAUTY and Siyabona look the pair to concentrate on here and the vote goes to the former, who has more scope for improvement. William Haggas's filly has not been seen since a pleasing debut at Newmarket last August, but her handler is in such good form that her fitness can probably be taken on trust. Her pedigree suggests that she will enjoy fast ground and that this step up to a mile is a positive so we'll side with her. Siyabona has had a few chances already and did not handle the step up to 10f well, so the return to a mile should hopefully produce a better run. She is unraced on going this quick so far and is nothing special, so we'll take her on. Shadayid Khanum was not far away in a Brighton maiden last time out, though the race did not work out quite so well, so we'll look elsewhere, while debutante Spring Season looks of interest as one who will go well at this trip and should enjoy fast ground. Not a strong race but nevertheless intriguing and we'll take Basque Beauty to score.
Basque Beauty 33-1 (9-0) Went right start, raced wide and in touch, effort over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 17, 1 1/2l behind Kotsi (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn fll (4) sft in Aug.
Orange River (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Took keen hold in rear, headway and kept on from 2f out but not trouble leaders, 6th of 10, 10l behind Ghaidaa (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2f 3yo mdn fll (4) gd in Jun.
Queen's Speech (IRE) 9-1 (9-7) Prominent, effort when not much room over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 13, 18l behind Black Dahlia (8-11) at Doncaster 1m 2f 3yo fll hcp 0-100 (5) gf in Jun.
Saratee 25-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, no further progress, 6th of 13, 9l behind Swanky Lady (9-0) at Warwick 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) gf in Oct.
Shadayid Khanum (IRE) 10-1 (8-12) Steadied start, held up, headway to lead 2f out, edged left under pressure and headed well inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, nk behind Zaarmit (9-3) at Brighton 1m mdn aut stk (6) gf in Jun.
Siyabona (USA) 2-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, every chance 2f out, no extra final furlong, 3rd of 10, 13l behind Hevelius (9-1) at Pontefract 1m 2f mdn stk (5) gd.
Spring Season Dansili filly out of 1m3f winner Midsummer.
