mid-division, ridden over 2f out, never nearer
mid-division, ridden and headway when not much room over 2f out, stayed on approaching final furlong, just held close home
slowly into stride, always behind
chased leaders, ridden and edged right over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent and keen, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly away, behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, nearest finish
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong
chased leaders, led on bit well over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on inside final furlong
led, ridden over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, soon weakened
towards rear and outpaced, ridden well over 2f out, stayed on one pace final furlong, never troubled leaders
with leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
A decent sized field here but we can narrow this down to three, with the vote going to Musical Fair to land this from Horizon Hill and Hollow Jo. The selection gets a 6lb penalty here for scoring at Redcar last time, when she enjoyed a narrow victory from Frascati. A filly with plenty of speed, she goes equally well over either this minimum trip or a furlong further and although this will not be easy with that extra burden, she looks to have the edge over plenty of her out-of-form opponents and can claim victory. Now that he has dropped through the weights, Horizon Hill looks much more interesting. Campaigned largely over either a mile or seven furlongs, he is almost a stone lower in the ratings than he was in March. Dropped back to five furlongs at Carlisle last time, he finished as close as he has for some time when a two length fourth. Back over 6f here, he can now go very well again and should be good enough to make the places. Meanwhile Hollow Jo is in a rich vein of form, having won over both this trip and seven furlongs recently, at Musselburgh and Thirsk. On the same mark as that last success, he will clearly pose a live threat to the selection, particularly over this distance. However, he will find today's track infinitely different to those other two fairly straightforward flat courses and that might find him out from a poor draw, so he is tentatively passed over in favour of Musical Fair.
