raced very wide early, tracked winner, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, wide and headway over 1f out, ridden and no impression final furlong
in touch, headway on inner over 1f out, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, edged right and kept on same pace final furlong
raced wide keen in touch, headway to track leaders over 3f out, soon pushed along, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, weakening when short of room over 1f out
made all, ridden approaching final furlong, ran on
in touch, wide and headway approaching 2f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression final furlong
Nkosikazi goes for the hat-trick after victories at Redcar and Newcastle last month. She landed a Group 3 last time but that has earned her an 8lb rise in the weights, though she is still preferred to returning stablemate Ghaziyah. Dean Street Doll is interesting with her yard in cracking form. She was back to her best at Sandown earlier in the month and is 5lb better off with winner Be More for a couple of lengths. Waliyak and Chamade can’t be ignored but LAKE LUCERNE ran better than the final result suggests on her Turf debut at York and she should have plenty more to offer after just three runs.
Nkosikazi 9-4 (9-5) Made all, driven and joined over 1f out, stayed on well and pulling away inside final 120 yards, won at Newcastle 1m 2f Grp 3 fll stks (1) pol in Jun beating Virgin Snow (8-7) by 2 1/2l, 5 ran.
Dean Street Doll (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Steadied start, held up in last pair, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden 2f out, 3rd and one pace inside final furlong, lost that placing near finish, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Be More (9-2) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp fll (2) gf in Jul.
Be More 4-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders on inside, switched left over 2f out, soon not clear run until gap opened inside final 2f, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Sandown 1m 2f hcp fll (2) gf in Jul beating Asiaaf (8-0) by 3/4l, 7 ran.
Ghaziyah 8-1 (9-0) Towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on to go 2nd final strides, 2nd of 14, 1l behind Eva Maria (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp fll (2) gs in Oct.
Geetanjali (IRE) 4-1 (9-9) In rear, outpaced over 3f out, no impression, last of 6, 20 1/4l behind Nkosikazi (10-0) at Redcar 1m 2f hcp fll (3) gd in Jun.
Lake Lucerne (USA) 25-1 (9-0) Soon dropped in last, pushed along 3f out, pushed right over 2f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, stayed on final 150 yards, no impression, 5th of 6, 4 1/4l behind Rose Of Kildare (9-0) at York 1m 2f Grp 3 fll stks (1) gs in Jul.
Chamade 25-1 (9-0) Tracked leader who went clear 7f out, closer 4f out, led 2f out until over 1f out, lost 2nd 1f out, stayed on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 7, 5 1/2l behind Franconia (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2f lst fll stks (1) gd in Jun.
Waliyak (FR) 4-1 (8-4) Raced stands side centre, held up rear of mid-division, headway over 2f out, driven over 1f out, stayed on well, went 2nd close home, no impression on winner, 2nd of 15, 1 1/4l behind Onassis (8-1) at Ascot 1m hcp fll stks (2) sft in Jun.