dwelt, soon led, headed well over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, headway over 2f out, beaten over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out
held up in rear, smooth headway on outside over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged left, easily
pressed leader, led well over 2f out, soon ridden, headed over 1f out, no chance with winner final furlong
MUSIC SHOW won here on debut earlier in the month in a lowly maiden, but is capable of following that up here, and is selected to get the better of Ramamara and Soccer. Mick Channon's filly holds an entry for October's Cheveley Park Stakes; the low draw may help, but it's only a small field. Her win here over this trip was in a fairly modest maiden, but it was comfortable with her coming to the forefront in the final stages, and similar tactics which have often proved fruitful here may be used again. Ramamara is bottom weight, but not by much. She showed a little promise on a Chester debut and followed that up winning a weak Lingfield maiden on the Polytrack, but given the likely fast going here, there shouldn't be concerns about the ground. Soccer has by far the highest rating of the quartet to have a mark, and is joint top weight with Existentialist. Well down the field in the Molecomb at Glorious Goodwood, this is probably more his sort of level, although he's not kicked on since winning on debut in April. It's a slight step up in trip from what he's been used to, and that could be a positive for Tom Dascombe's only runner on the card. Existentialist and Avonvalley have run in better races than this, but shown little at a higher grade. The drop down in class could see them get involved. It looks a competitive little heat, with marginal preference for Music Show.
Existentialist 40-1 (8-12) Mid-division, weakened over 2f out, last of 13, 13l behind Sand Vixen (8-12) at Newbury 5f 2yo lst fll (1) gf.
Soccer (USA) 25-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, looking held when hampered just inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 7l behind Monsieur Chevalier (9-0) at Goodwood 5f 2yo Grp 3 (1) gd in Jul.
Avonvalley 50-1 (8-12) Prominent, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 13, 8l behind Sand Vixen (8-12) at Newbury 5f 2yo lst fll (1) gf.
Music Show (IRE) 6-1 (8-12) Steadied into mid-division, pushed along after 1f, driven and headway over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, pushed out, won at Bath 6f 2yo fll mdn aut (6) gd beating Zelos Dream (7-13) by 2 1/2l, 14 ran.
Ramamara (IRE) 15-8fav (8-12) Went left start, tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden clear, won at Lingfield 6f 2yo fll sell stks (6) pol beating New York Lights (8-7) by 4l, 7 ran.
