prominent, not much room after 1f, chased leaders, driven 2f out, no extra final 75 yards
awkward start, tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
led, driven and pressed from 2f out, headed inside final furlong, 3rd and held towards finish
held up, effort on outside over 1f out, one pace and no impression inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, led and edged left inside final furlong, ridden out
in rear, driven and headway from over 1f out, went 2nd well inside final furlong, not reach winner
Appleberry is creeping closer having tumbled down the weights while both Rural Celebration and Meandmyshadow won off higher marks last term. Flowing Clarets made a winning start in soft ground at Leicester last year and is preferred to Forever A Lady, who went close over 7f at the track on her latest start, but EMERALD LOCH (NAP) makes most appeal in this. Ralph Beckett’s filly just failed to catch the winner over 5f last time but had won over today’s trip in soft going at Nottingham before that and may prove good enough today.
Rural Celebration 7-1 (9-10) Raced centre in touch, effort 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 8 3/4l behind Guishan (10-0) at Newmarket 6f hcp fll (4) sft in Jun.
Appleberry (IRE) 16-1 (8-13) Went right start soon led, ridden over 1f out, edged right and headed inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Gran Canaria Queen (9-1) at Pontefract 6f hcp fll (3) gf in Jun.
Meandmyshadow 20-1 (10-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Born Innocent (8-7) at Hamilton 6f hcp (5) gd in Jun.
Flowing Clarets 10-1 (8-12) Held up on outside, outpaced and no impression over 2f out, last of 8, 12l behind Flying Pursuit (9-4) at Ripon 6f hcp (3) gd in Jun.
Emerald Loch 11-10fav (8-9) Chased leading pair, came to centre in straight, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on in closing stages, not quite reach winner, 2nd of 3, nk behind Kassia (9-7) at Bath 5f hcp (4) gd in Jun.
Forever A Lady (IRE) 22-1 (8-10) Tracked leaders, challenged over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on and held towards finish, 2nd of 7, nk behind Explosive Power (9-7) at Carlisle 7f hcp (4) gs in Jul.