mid-division, steady headway over 3f out, not clear run over 2f out, effort when not much room over 1f out, ridden, ran on well final furlong
chased leaders, headway 2f out, ridden, every chance entering final furlong, held towards finish
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden, hard-pressed inside final furlong, held on towards finish
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, ridden, edged left over 1f out, no extra final furlong
chased leaders to over 3f out, soon beaten
towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms
led, headed over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
chased leaders to over 3f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, behind, never dangerous
Just twelve runners line up for this nursery where several have to be considered, including Lizhar and Imperialistic, but Shinko Femme could just have the edge. Following some promising efforts in maiden company, Nigel Tinker's filly wasn't beaten far on her handicap debut at Brighton recently and looks very well in here with just seven stone thirteen in the plate. Imperialistic is at the other end of the handicap, and deserves that position having run well against decent opposition throughout the season. Lizhar finally came good when thrashing Bookiesindexdotcom at Southwell last time and a follow up in certainly not out of the question. Of the others recent winner Alice Blackthorn is worthy of a mention as is John Quinn's Lets Get It On, but for the selection we'll take a chance on Shinko Femme.