tracked leaders, effort on inside over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on strongly
tracked leaders, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
led, reluctant, hard ridden, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, eased
held up in rear, headway over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, never able to challenge
in touch, under pressure over 2f out, soon beaten
Of the seven runners here, only four have raced before and they've got the grand total of nine runs between them, so a market check is essential, but in the absence of much form we'll speculatively put up one of the debutants in OPEN SESAME, ahead of Solo Choice and Dante Deo. Peter Chapple-Hyam knows the time of day when it comes to turning out first time winners, and his runner here is his only one on the card. He could be anything, but we'd be prepared to take a chance, especially if there's any money for him in the ring. Solo Choice steps up in trip after a couple of runs at Southwell, in which he was slowly away on both occasions, so a couple of extra furlongs may iron out that problem. Dante Deo has also had a couple of runs on the fibre sand and was also placed second time out, and but for encountering some trouble in running could have broken her maiden then. It's not a lump on type of contest and any support should be taken into calculations, but tentatively we'll put up Open Sesame.
Derringbay (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, always behind, never dangerous final 2f, 10th of 13, 12l behind Axel Foley (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Oct.
Open Sesame (IRE) Key Of Luck colt out of Chiquita Linda.
Solo Choice 40-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, headway after 3f, ridden halfway, headway approaching final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 9, 4l behind Trueblue Wizard (9-3) at Southwell 7f 2yo mdn (5) fbs in Dec.
Dante Deo (USA) 6-1 (8-12) In touch, not much room when hampered over 3f and lost ground, switched right over 2f, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 7, 10l behind Confucius Captain (9-3) at Southwell 7f 2yo mdn auc (6) fbs in Dec.
Gaselee (USA) Toccet filly out of Vingt Et Une.
Giant Strides 40-1 (8-12) In rear, ran on inside final furlong, never near to a challenge, 4th of 8, 3l behind Romantic Queen (8-12) at W'hampton 6f 3yo mdn (5) pol.
Finger Spin Vettori filly out of Light Hand.