held up, effort and switched left over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 3rd close home, no impression on winner
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, lost 2 places well inside final furlong
chased leaders, went 2nd over 10f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, ran on well
held up in rear, headway on outside when not much room just over 1f out, not able to trouble leaders
disputed lead early, held up, outpaced over 2f out, well behind over 1f out
NIKHI was outclassed in the Oaks Trial at Lingfield but, while connections have had to shelve those aspirations, a win here will seriously enhance her paddocks value. Sean Woods has a fair record with his runners at this course so Udaberri has to be taken seriously following his victory at Salisbury. Noonie was rather overlooked on his first start since switching from Mark Johnston to Ed Bethell but was just a whisker away from posting that overdue first success and Achnamara is dropped in class having campaigned in a stronger race at York.
Udaberri (IRE) 15-2 (9-9) Held up towards rear, headway on outside 3f out, led over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Salisbury 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in May beating Loudspeaker (9-6) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Nikhi 50-1 (9-2) Led early, tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened entering final furlong, 7th of 8, 8 3/4l behind Rogue Millennium (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f lst fll stks (1) gf in May.
Achnamara 28-1 (9-1) Midfield, steady headway when ridden 3f out, one pace final 2f, 5th of 8, 6 1/2l behind Al Qareem (9-9) at York 1m 4f hcp (3) gd in May.
Noonie 16-1 (9-8) Mid-division, ridden and headway well over 2f out, strongly pressed leaders 1f out, every chance inside last, just denied, 2nd of 10, shd behind Outsmart (9-10) at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in May.
Ha Long Bay (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Held up in mid-division on inside, pushed along 3f out, headway and chased leaders over 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace in 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4 3/4l behind Samburu (9-9) at York 7f hcp (3) gd in May.
Alphonse Le Grande (IRE) 16-1 (9-9) Steadied start, held up in rear, headway out wide and stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved, 4th of 7, 2l behind Haarar (9-5) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (5) gd in May.