held up, ridden halfway, outpaced over 3f out, headway over 1f out, one pace
keen, close-up, ridden, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on one pace
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
in touch, ridden, every chance over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway on outer from 2f out, led over 1f out, edged right, ridden out inside final furlong
keen, mid-division, ridden 3f out, never dangerous
held up, ridden some headway over 1f out, never dangerous
soon led, ridden, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f
always in rear, behind final 4f
Cup of Love lines up in form and can keep up the good work, with Ti Adora, Pearl's A Singer, Busaco and English Victory all set to be snapping at her heels. Rae Guest's filly has been kept pretty busy since returning from a 16-week break, having had four runs in the space of a month, but she is obviously enjoying life at present, having won two of her last three starts. She beat subsequent winner Montjeu Baby at Brighton making all, was collared close home by Ushindi at Catterick next time, then quickly made amends when scoring over 10 furlongs here nine days ago. The move back up to a mile and a half is not an inconvenience, and although this race is a bit stronger than that banded affair, she should be well up to the task. Ti Adora opened her account in a Hamilton maiden despite racing a bit too keenly and if John Egan gets here to settle, she can go well off a fair mark of 60. Pearl's a Singer is honest enough but it appears that she needs to drop a few pounds to get back to winning ways. She did not like the soft ground at Brighton last time though and can improve on that effort here. Busaco was behind her at the Sussex track and is entitled to be closer on these terms, but will do well to repeat an earlier course and distance success. Maiden English Victory has topweight to overcome and connections can feel hard done by that he has been given a rating of 70, so weighing up the pros and cons, Cup Of Love has more going for her than most.
Busaco 6-1 (9-5) In touch, headway to join leaders 5f out, ridden over 3f out and weakened, 7th of 8, 15l behind McEldowney (9-0) at Brighton 1m 4f 3yo hcp (5) sft in Aug.
Pearl's A Singer (IRE) 4-1 (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead approaching 2f out, chased winner, no impression and lost 2nd inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Mpenzi (9-3) at Bath 1m 5f 3yo hcp (5) gf in Aug.
San Deng 11-1 (8-9) Held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 1 1/2l behind Halla San (8-11) at Haydock 1m 3f 3yo hcp (5) gd.
Ti Adora (IRE) 11-4 (8-9) Mid-division, ridden 4f out, headway from over 1f out to lead inside final furlong, won at Hamilton 1m 3f mdn 0-60 (6) gf in Aug beating High Treason (8-7) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Shiny Thing (USA) 13-2 (8-7) Keen, tracked leader, ridden and hung left over 3f out, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 7l behind Blackmail (9-0) at Epsom 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in Aug.
Valiant Shadow (GER) 40-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 16, shd behind Askwith (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) gd in Aug.
Tiegs (IRE) 14-1 (8-9) Keen, chased leaders, led over 9f out, ridden and headed over 3f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 9, 6l behind Elraawy (9-0) at Leicester 1m 4f 3yo mdn (5) gs in Aug.
Cup of Love (USA) 11-2 (9-3) Tracked leaders, tracked leading pair 2f out, ridden to lead 1f out, ran on, comfortably, won at Folkestone 1m 2f stk (7) gf beating Zalkani (9-2) by 2l, 12 ran.
