soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
a little slowly into stride, held up, hanging right but closed 3f out, ran wide from home turn, soon well held
tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden and pressed inside final furlong, headed towards finish
tracked leaders, shaken up 3f out, driven over 1f out, stayed on same pace
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden to challenge 1f out, stayed on, led towards finish
Heather Lark hasn’t shown the expected progress and never threatened the winner when placed at Kempton last time. She’s still preferred to stablemate Come With Me but a couple of these are less exposed. Calypso Blue attempted to make all on her debut at Wolverhampton but could only manage fourth and headgear is applied today while BARBARA VILLIERS also showed some promise at the same track on her introduction and Mark Johnston’s filly gets the speculative vote with normal progress. The Frankel colt Ejtyah is preferred to Braganza of the newcomers.
Barbara Villiers 20-1 (8-11) Tracked leader, led narrowly over 1f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 9, 4 3/4l behind Cross Counter (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Braganza Nathaniel filly out of Amber Queen.
Calypso Blue (IRE) 9-4fav (9-0) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 3 1/2l behind West Palm Beach (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f fll stks (5) pol in Nov.
Come With Me 7-2 (9-0) In touch, pushed along and weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 8 3/4l behind Ghanimah (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f fll stks (5) pol in Nov.
Ejtyah Frankel filly out of Darysina.
Heather Lark (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Mid-division, driven over 2f out, headway over 1f out, went 3rd and kept on final furlong, not pace of front pair, 3rd of 12, 4 1/4l behind Cecchini (9-0) at Kempton 1m fll stks (5) pol in Nov.