pulled hard, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on, nearest finish
raced keenly, held up in rear, kept on inside final furlong, never dangerous
steadied start, soon switched left, held up, some headway on inside over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out
slowly into stride, recovered on outside to go 2nd over 5f out, driven and edged right 1f out, lost 2nd and stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up in mid-division, not clear run over 2f out, well beaten over 1f out
made all, ridden clear over 1f out, stayed on
mid-division, ridden 3f out, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
chased leaders, lost place over 3f out, well beaten from over 1f out
slowly into stride, soon in touch, lost place over 4f out, effort over 1f out, kept on
held up towards rear, last over 2f out, widest of all home bend, headway over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, ran on, not able to trouble winner
2nd until over 5f out, driven over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Caen Na Coille has been raised 6lb for scoring in a lower grade over track and trip in March and has to give weight to less-exposed fillies. Sacred Dance easily landed the odds over 7f at Doncaster a year ago but hasn’t raced since, though that’s rarely an issue with a Godolphin runner. Queen Of All is 2-2 on Fibresand but it remains to be seen how she will cope with this surface. Declared Interest, Dutch Painting and Rhyme Scheme may do better this year but this can go to INDIE ANGEL (NAP), who had a lot more in hand than the official verdict suggests here in December so is probably on a lenient mark.
Zafaranah (USA) 25-1 (9-3) Raced wide, off the pace towards rear, pushed along and weakened over 2f out, last of 8, 8 1/4l behind Extrodinair (8-13) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Caen Na Coille (USA) 7-1 (9-4) Raced keenly, tracked leaders, led over 5f out, clear inside final furlong, readily, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Mar beating Lady Alavesa (8-12) by 3l, 8 ran.
Crystal Casque 9-2 (9-5) Mid-division on outside, headway over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 9 1/4l behind Kwela (9-3) at Kempton 7f hcp fll (4) pol in Oct.
Sacred Dance 1-2fav (9-0) 2nd until over 5f out, stayed close up, challenged over 2f out, soon led, clear inside final furlong, pushed out, readily, won at Doncaster 7f fll stks (5) sft in Jun beating Lola Paige (9-0) by 2l, 5 ran.
Indie Angel (IRE) 11-4 (9-0) Made all, hard driven entering final furlong, held on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m fll stks (4) pol in Dec beating True Scarlet (9-0) by nk, 12 ran.
Rhyme Scheme (IRE) 9-4 (8-7) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead just inside final furlong, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 12, nk behind African Dream (8-7) at Lingfield 7f fll stks (5) pol in Mar.
Declared Interest 9-2 (9-0) Chased leading pair on inside, stayed on into 2nd towards finish, no chance with winner, 2nd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Oriental Mystique (9-0) at Kempton 1m fll stks (5) pol in Nov.
Gypsy Whisper 12-1 (8-13) In touch, headway 2f out, soon every chance, kept on one pace, 4th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Separate (9-2) at Newbury 7f (3) gd in Sep.
Dutch Painting 16-1 (8-12) Keen close up stand side, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 13th of 15, 14 1/4l behind Huboor (8-11) at Newmarket 7f fll (2) gd in Sep.
Elegant Erin (IRE) 10-3fav (9-7) Towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1l behind High Flying Bird (9-6) at Newmarket 7f (5) sft in Oct.
Rideson 10-11fav (8-9) Keen early, tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, ridden and stayed on to press winner inside final furlong, always just held, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Manaabit (8-9) at Newcastle 1m fll stks (5) pol in Feb.
Queen Of All 5-6fav (8-11) Made virtually all, ridden 2f out, stayed on well to go clear final furlong, won at Southwell 1m stks (4) pol in Feb beating Mesmeric (8-9) by 3 1/2l, 4 ran.
