held up in touch, keen early, headway over 2f out, led entering final furlong, soon pressed, held on well
slowly into stride, sent forward to join leader, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon outpaced
led until over 3f out, led again over 2f out, headed entering final furlong, soon rallied and every chance, kept on under pressure
chased leaders, shuffled beck over 2f out, rallied over 1f out, soon switched right to challenge, every chance inside final furlong, no extra closing stages
Silca Mistress is starting to slip down the weights but remains 6lb higher than when successful over course and distance in June of last year so we’ll stick with ROSE HIP. Best in small fields, Tony Carroll’s filly has won her last two at Bath and can defy a further 4lb rise to complete the hat-trick. Sweet Pursuit has a good strike-rate but has gone up 3lb for winning in lesser company last month, though is in better form that Chitra and Wotadoll.
Rose Hip 13-8fav (8-10) Chased leaders on inside, led over 1f out, all out, won at Bath 5f hcp (4) fm in Aug beating Miracle Works (8-11) by hd, 6 ran.
Silca Mistress 20-1 (9-4) Raced widest, held up, ridden and headway on outside chasing leaders 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 8, 5 1/4l behind Yimou (9-4) at Windsor 6f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Chitra 9-2 (9-3) Prominent, effort over 2f out, lost place well over 1f out, last of 7, 33 1/4l behind Texting (8-11) at Ascot 5f hcp fll (4) gf in Jul.
Sweet Pursuit 10-1 (9-5) Slightly outpaced in rear, pushed along and switched wide over 1f out, ridden and ran on strongly to lead close home, won at Bath 6f hcp (5) gs in Aug beating Delagate This Lord (9-7) by hd, 9 ran.
Wotadoll 9-4fav (9-9) Held up in touch, improved on wide outside over 2f out, ridden and every chance 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 6th of 13, 1 3/4l behind Tawaafoq (9-4) at Bath 6f hcp (6) gd in Aug.