soon outpaced, never travelling and soon detached, virtually pulled up
went right start, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
bumped start and soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
prominent, ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, drew clear final furlong, drifted right close home
chased leaders, outpaced halfway, soon ridden and one pace until weakened inside final furlong
Sweet Smile makes plenty of appeal in this nursery despite having to concede weight to all of his rivals. Veronicas Boy has claims back up in trip but may not want the ground to dry out too much which is also true of Raimond Ridge whose three runs have all been with cut in the ground. Carmanjoe has twice run well at Southwell but disappointed on fast ground at Nottingham so underfoot conditions could play a crucial role in the outcome of this event. Johnmanderville bumped into a good one last time, should improve for the longer trip and handle the ground so he has to rate a big danger whilst Elaine's Folly won her maiden claimer well enough to be considered. The selection ran respectably in a decent Haydock maiden on debut before running on well to beat some useful sorts in a soft ground contest at Ripon. The yard did fairly well with his full brother last season who handled fast ground well so conditions should prove to be no problem and Sweet Smile looks capable of landing this before going on to better things.
Sweet Smile (IRE) 11-8fav (9-3) Chased leader, challenged 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, held on near finish, won at Ripon 6f 2yo mdn (5) sft in Jun beating Becausewecan (9-3) by a nk, 5 ran.
Veronicas Boy 22-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden along halfway, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 7l behind Senor Mirasol (9-0) at Catterick 5f nov stk (5) gs in Jun.
Raimond Ridge (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 10, 10l behind Bonnie Charlie (9-3) at Windsor 5f 2yo mdn (5) gs in Apr.
Carmanjoe 8-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on to go 3rd well inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 5l behind La Brigitte (8-12) at Southwell 5f 2yo mdn auc (6) fbs in Jun.
Johnmanderville 11-4 (9-3) In touch, ridden along halfway, hung right over 1f out, driven and one pace final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 9l behind Deadly Encounter (8-10) at Beverley 5f 2yo mdn auc (5) gd in May.
Elaine's Folly 5-2 (8-11) With leaders, led halfway, ridden and stayed on well final furlong, won at Redcar 6f 2yo mdn clm (6) gf in Jun beating Mimicker (8-7) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
