in touch, ridden along 4f out soon weakened
held up towards rear, ridden along 3f out, and headway over 2f out, never nearer
led until ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up in rear, headway 5f out, ridden 3f out soon weakened
held up, in touch and keen, led over 2f out, ridden out easily
in touch, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headway 2f out to chase winner, always held
chased leader, with leader 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened quickly
With his stable in form now, Jadalee gets the call here ahead of Is It Me, Darusso, Sweet Boulangere and Fredricksburg. The Marcus Tregoning-trained selection showed improved form from his debut to finish second at Salisbury last time in what looked a stronger event than this contest. As such, he holds clear claims here. Mind you, so does Is It Me, who found all bar Gracechurch too good over course and distance last time, while Fredricksburg is better than his unplaced Salisbury effort last time might suggest as he did not get the best of runs. His stable is in form too. That said, Darusso was well ahead of him in that race and is also entitled to respect. Sweet Boulangere has run to a level of form in her second- and third-last starts that should make her competitive today, and she was unplaced in a valuable sales race last time, while Marc Of Brilliance has the ability to run a good race, although the first-time headgear gives some ideas on his outlook on life too. All of which returns us to the selection, which is Jadalee.
Is It Me (USA) 10-1 (9-0) Keen, chased leader, ridden 2f out, soon one pace, 2nd of 4, 2 1/2l behind Gracechurch (9-0) at Bath 1m 2yo mdn (5) hrd.
Jadalee (IRE) 10-3 (8-12) Soon led at steady pace, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 2nd of 4, 2l behind Silver Blue (9-2) at Salisbury 1m nov stk (4) gf.
