slowly into stride, in rear, switched right before 2f out, ridden along on outside before 1f out, one pace
made all, soon led, pushed along before 2f out, ridden along and stayed on strongly from 1f out
held up in fourth, pushed along before 2f out, progress into second before 1f out, challenged leader inside final furlong, held close home
prominent in third, pushed along before 2f out, ridden along in third 1f out, kept on
tracked leader, pushed along before 3f out, soon weakened
ZUHAIR finished last on his only start as a two-year-old but left that form well behind on his reappearance at Nottingham. Though the merit of that success is debatable, he doesn’t have much to beat here. Affwonn has switched stables since successful on his introduction at Wolverhampton in December but Victorious Night has placed in three of six career starts, though is proving hard to catch right.
Affwonn (IRE) 5-4fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, pushed along and ran green over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, led towards finish, readily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Dec beating Moohareeba (8-12) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Zuhair 18-1 (9-3) Held up in touch, closed from over 3f out, switched right over 1f out, went 2nd entering final furlong, led final 75 yards, won going away, won at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Jun beating Matamua (8-12) by 1 1/2l, 10 ran.
Victorious Night (IRE) 11-1 (9-6) Held up in rear, switched left over 2f out, no impression, 10th of 11, 12 1/2l behind Baby Alya (9-5) at Newmarket 1m hcp (5) gs in Jun.
Crocus (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Slowly away, in rear, pushed along over 3f out, well beaten final 2f, last of 6, 19 3/4l behind Mobadra (9-0) at Haydock 1m fll stks (5) gf in Jul.
Falmouth Queen Cannock Chase filly out of Queen's Ballerina.
Undercover Agent (IRE) Kodiac gelding out of Multicolour Wave.