led and keen early, headed over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened over 1f out
prominent, soon headway to lead over 2f out, kept on well
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out and every chance, soon one pace
held up, ridden over 3f out, some late headway final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace, no chance with winner
held up and keen early, ridden over 2f out and soon weakened
Dolly Coughdrop is taken to get the better of Moonwalking and Adaptation and perhaps spring a bit of a surprise in an intriguing nursery. Mark Johnston¿s Adaptation was not unfancied on her debut here and ran well in defeat to be runner up before returning here for a facile odds on victory which proved little. The Spectrum filly hails from a yard which has turned the corner and is probably capable of better than she has shown so far. She is respected and must go well. Moonwalking was well beaten on his debut but put that form behind him when scoring at 50-1 at Ayr next time, getting up close home. It would be easy to dismiss that win as a fluke but the time was good and Moonwalking too can go close, and looks set to enjoy this uphill finish. Dolly Coughdrop has taken a while to get the hang of things but ran well at Ripon two outings ago, being denied room at a crucial stage before belying a starting price of 20-1 with a terrific effort in a Windsor nursery last time, failing by the narrowest of margins to get up. In receipt of weight from most of her rivals Dolly Coughdrop can leave her rivals spluttering.
Moonwalking 50-1 (9-1) Behind, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead close home, won at Ayr 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gd in Jun beating Persian Peril (8-12) by a nk, 9 ran.
Adaptation 1-8fav (8-12) Made all, shaken up over 1f out, easily, won at Hamilton 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Jun beating Our Toy Soldier (9-3) by 5l, 4 ran.
My Valerina (IRE) 11-8jt-fav (8-4) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Carlisle 5f nov aut stk (5) gf in Jun beating Riotous (8-9) by 3l, 6 ran.
The Mighty Ogmore 12-1 (8-3) Always towards rear, 6th of 9, 23l behind Bodes Galaxy (9-5) at Pontefract 6f 2yo hcp (4) gf.
Dolly Coughdrop (IRE) 20-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, headway over 1f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, kept on well, 2nd of 13, shd behind See In The Dark (9-7) at Windsor 6f 2yo hcp (5) gf.
Cheshire Prince 9-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, no impression after, 8th of 13, 3l behind Merry Moon (8-6) at Haydock 6f 2yo sll (4) gf.
