slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, ridden and hung badly left 2f out, stayed inside final furlong, never able to challenge
prominent, chased leader 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on
chased leaders, ridden halfway, stayed on same pace final furlong
led until headed over 1f out, chased winner until not quicken final 100 yards
chased leader to 2f out, ridden and stayed on to regain 2nd final 100 yards
uneasy in stalls, slowly into stride, ridden on outside halfway, soon beaten
slowly into stride, behind, weakened over 2f out
Golden Asha gets the confident nomination in this handicap with Laith and Intriguing Glimpse rated as the main dangers. The selection seems to have everything apart from the draw in her favour today as she is in form, has ground conditions to suit and is a course and distance winner. Her high draw is the only negative but she won so effortlessly at Haydock last time that she should be up to the task of defying her penalty. Laith would have claims on the pick of his form but he was very disappointing at Yarmouth last time. Intriguing Glimpse did well to finish in mid-division in the Vodafone Dash at Epsom last week and he is another with course form so he has to enter calculations. One Way Ticket normally goes well here but he has been off the track since December so may be best watched on this occasion. We are therefore happy to return to Golden Asha as our choice to lead them home.
Golden Asha 9-4fav (9-4) Steadied start, held up in rear, headway approaching final furlong, squeezed through to lead inside final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Folkestone 6f fll hcp (4) gd beating Folga (9-7) by 1l, 9 ran.
Intriguing Glimpse 40-1 (8-0) Started slowly, always behind centre group, never a factor, 13th of 20, 5l behind Desert Lord (8-8) at Epsom 5f hcap (2) gf.
Polish Emperor (USA) 7-1 (8-12) Outpaced, 8th of 9, 7l behind Zowington (9-1) at Epsom 5f hcap (3) gd in Apr.
One Way Ticket 9-2fav (8-10) With leaders over 3f, last of 9, 10l behind Kennington (8-12) at Lingfield 5f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Dec.
Quality Street 20-1 (9-0) Pressed leader, led over 1f out, headed well inside last, no extra, 5th of 12, 1l behind Auwitesweetheart (9-4) at Windsor 5f hcap (4) gd in Apr.
Laith (IRE) 10-3fav (9-4) Prominent, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 10l behind Empress Jain (8-11) at Yarmouth 5f 3yo hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Canary Island (IRE) 20-1 (9-13) Behind, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 8l behind Spirit of Coniston (8-4) at Kempton 5f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Redwood Star 10-1 (9-3) Outpaced in rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, ran on final furlong, 4th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Misaro (8-9) at Brighton 5f hcap (5) frm in Apr.
