bumped start, took keen hold, soon tracked leaders, smooth headway over 2f out and soon challenging, led just inside final 2f, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, always just doing enough
steadied start, held up in rear, switched right to outside 3f out, ridden and looked struggling over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
took keen hold in rear, ridden on inside 2f out, never a factor
held up in 6th, pushed along 3f out, headway between horses when bumped just over 1f out, stayed on to 3rd final 100 yards, not pace of leading duo
led at steady pace, quickened 3f out, pressed 2f out, soon headed, lost 2nd and weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, tracked leaders on inside, ridden well over 1f out, stayed on to 3rd inside final furlong until final 100 yards
hed up disputing 6th, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon edging left, strong run to 2nd entering final furlong, and closed on winner near finish, always held
mid-division, ridden and went left just over 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leader until well,over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
The two Godolphin runners at the top of the racecard must be major players, however REGGANE is a classy filly and if she handles the track better than other Gallic raiders in the past then she might be hard to beat. Alain De Royer-Dupre's Red Ransom filly was a well-held fourth at Lingfield on her latest start, but should have come on plenty for that after her seasonal break. She should appreciate the return to a mile and didn't have the best of draws anyway at Lingfield so we will scratch that run and instead hope for a repeat of her second to Ghanaati in the Coronation Stakes which would blitz these. Mr Dettori sides with Antara which must arouse interest; this filly has a first run for Godolphin since being whisked away from Germany and on the bare face of it she looks a filly not to mess with, having racked up three wins at the end of 2009. One issue is her penalty, meaning that stablemate Aspectoflove is not ignored. She ran fairly well at Goodwood last month on her first start since returning from Dubai and should be all the better for the experience. First City did well to get as close to Seta at Leicester as she did, Ryan Moore retains the ride on the tricky filly Pachattack, whilst Penny's Gift tries blinkers after her reappearance behind the selection hinted at no improvement, whilst Jira looks the best of the 90+ rated brigade as she drops in class. Not an easy race to call then, but the hope is that Reggane can display her class.
Antara (GER) 9-2 (8-9) won at Hoppergarten(GER) 1m 2f Grp 3 gd in Oct beating Liang Kay (9-4) by 8l, 11 ran.
Aspectoflove (IRE) 4-1 (9-9) Held up in touch, ridden to challenge over 1f out, soon hung right, one pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Shamwari Lodge (9-9) at Goodwood 1m fll lst stks (1) gd in May.
First City 11-4 (8-13) Tracked leaders, went 2nd halfway, ridden to challenge winner over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 4, 1 3/4l behind Seta (8-6) at Leicester 7f flls cond stks (2) gf in May.
Pachattack (USA) 14-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, no impression, 8th of 10, 6l behind Fareer (9-1) at York 1m listed hcp 0-110 (1) gf in May.
Penny's Gift 8-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, hard driven well over 2f out, soon under pressure, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 10l behind Pyrrha (9-3) at Lingfield 7f flls Group 3 stks (1) gf in May.
Please Sing 16-1 (9-6) Steadied in rear, pushed along over4f out, never a factor, 8th of 9, 11l behind Shamwari Lodge (9-9) at Goodwood 1m fll lst stks (1) gd in May.
Reggane 5-4fav (9-3) Raced in rear on outside, pushed along halfway, switched left and headway over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, never able to challenge, 3rd of 7, 4 1/2l behind Pyrrha (9-3) at Lingfield 7f flls Group 3 stks (1) gf in May.
Sarah Park (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Prominent, every chance over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 14, 12l behind Alsace Lorraine (9-7) at Ascot 1m fll hcp (2) gf in May.
Jira 7-2 (8-11) 5th of 19, 16l behind Evading Tempete (8-11) at Rome(ITY) 1m 3yo fll Grp 3 (1) hvy in May.
