chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon beaten
chased leading pair, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong
chased winner, ridden over 1f out, ran on towards finish
behind and outpaced, ridden over 2f out, kept on approaching final furlong, no extra
led, soon clear, shaken up over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, pushed out
Only the six runners but no shortage of quality with all of the runners having at least one success to their name and narrow preference is for Needles And Pins, who gets the vote over Tentative and Asia Winds. The last mentioned stepped up on her debut effort when ridden out to win a Bath auction event earlier in the month. Barry Hills has his string in good form at present so her claims have to be respected. Mick Channon's Black Oval held on well to make a winning start to her career at Salisbury last month and is open to improvement but needs to take a hand in this better company. Molly Moon is more exposed than most but warrants respect on the form of her last time out defeat of Silver Prelude at Lingfield. Sir Mark Prescott's Fission opened her account when landing a six furlong maiden on the all-weather at Southwell and may not have the speed to match her rivals, while Tentative was disappointing when odds on at Bath last time having scored well at the same track previously. The selection ran no sort of race on her first start at Thirsk in April but put that effort behind her when running away with a soft ground maiden at Haydock subsequently. The faster surface should not inconvenience the daughter of Fasliyev, who looked a filly worth following that day and Needles And Pins is taken to begin making up for lost time.
