held up in rear, headway 4f out, led over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, ridden clear final furlong, stayed on well, readily
tracked leaders, challenged over 4f out, driven over 2f out, soon lost place and ridden, no impression after
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, went 3rd inside final 50 yards, no impression with winner
mid-division, tracked leaders over 4f out, driven and effort over 2f out, soon ridden, lost place over 1f out, no impression final furlong
tracked leaders, challenged over 3f out, ridden and every chance 2f out to over 1f out, not pace of winner final furlong
keen, led 1f, with leader, led again over 6f out, headed over 3f out, weakened 2f out
led after 1f, headed 6f out, lost place over 4f out, soon behind, tailed off
mid-division, headway over 4f out, led narrowly over 3f out to over 2f out, soon ridden, no impression over 1f out, lost place inside final furlong
CASIMA has raced on the all-weather since making her debut at Newmarket and bids for a treble raised 6lb having won over today’s trip at Kempton. She has enough scope to find further improvement and Archie Watson’s filly gets the nod. Iconic Boy was placed at Kempton last time but this is more difficult while Midnight Wilde drops in class on his reappearance and was gelded over the winter. Nuits St Georges makes his handicap debut having placed on the all-weather and is preferred to Midnight Wilde in this.
Candidate (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Raced wide in touch, headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 11, 29 1/2l behind Brundtland (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f mdn stks (3) gf in Oct.
Casima 13-8fav (9-4) Tracked leader over 1f, remained handy, pushed along over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp fll (5) pol in Apr beating India (9-1) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.
Nuits St Georges (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, headway to press leader 5f out, ridden and lost 2nd 2f out, kept on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Indiscretion (8-11) at Kempton 1m stks (6) pol in Oct.
Island Court (IRE) 11-2 (9-4) Held up in rear, headway on outside in 4th over 1f out, never troubled leaders, 4th of 8, 8l behind Iconic Sunset (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Normandy Blue 12-1 (9-7) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 9th of 12, 6 3/4l behind Casima (9-6) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Mar.
Iconic Boy 10-3 (9-6) Took keen hold, mid-division, headway on inside 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Parisian (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Bob's Girl 20-1 (8-11) Steadied start, held up in rear, ridden and struggling over 2f out, 7th of 12, 13l behind Elegiac (9-2) at Newcastle 1m stks (4) pol in Nov.
Camden Town (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) In touch, effort over 2f out, edged right over 1f out, soon one pace, 7th of 14, 4 1/4l behind Apache Blaze (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (6) gs in Apr.
Midnight Wilde 100-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f, last of 5, 10 1/4l behind Roaring Lion (9-0) at Newmarket 1m Grp 2 stks (1) gs in Sep.
