in touch, headway to chase leading pair 3f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
close up, pushed along and lost place over 3f out, ridden and rallied 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
tracked leaders until ridden 3f out, soon beaten
made all, pushed clear over 1f out, eased inside final furlong
tracked winner, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace
dwelt in touch in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, ran on to go 2nd towards finish, no threat to winner
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Princess Nearco was beaten a long way when runner-up over 1m2f last time but scored over today’s trip at Thirsk before that. Monaco Rose posted one of her better efforts at Chester last time while Claramara won at Beverley before going close again at Ayr. Fillydelphia finished much closer at Musselburgh recently and it remains to be seen if she can reproduce the same form here but INDIA has more scope and Michael Bell’s filly gets the nod having returned from a lay-off with a fourth at Yarmouth last month.
Stepney 25-1 (9-11) Rear of mid-division, ridden towards rear 2f out, soon no extra, weakened over 1f out, last of 16, 21 3/4l behind Queen Rabab (8-13) at Limerick 1m hcp gd in Jun.
Monaco Rose 9-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden and no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Benadalid (9-0) at Chester 1m 4f hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Princess Nearco (IRE) 11-10fav (9-0) Held up in rear, headway 3f out, soon chased front pair, went 2nd when ridden over 1f out, no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 10l behind Raven Banner (9-4) at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp fll (5) gf in Jun.
India 10-1 (9-1) Held up in rear, headway on inside under pressure over 1f out, 4th and one pace final furlong, kept on, 4th of 6, 4l behind Peace Prevails (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 3f hcp fll (5) gf in Jun.
Claramara (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and narrowly headed inside final furlong, soon hung right, rallied and edged left, always held, 2nd of 6, nk behind Timoshenko (9-2) at Ayr 1m 5f hcp (6) gd in Jul.
Fillydelphia (IRE) 8-1 (8-7) Steadied start, behind, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on well final furlong, never a threat, 3rd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Falcon's Fire (9-0) at Musselburgh 1m 4f hcp (6) gf in Jul.
Fire Leopard 8-1 (9-7) Held up in last, ridden over 2f out, never threatened, edged right 1f out, well beaten and eased inside final furlong, last of 6, 11 1/2l behind Zihaam (8-9) at Beverley 1m 4f hcp (5) gf in Jun.