held up, not clear run from 2f out, soon ridden, not much room inside final furlong, soon eased
held up in touch, pushed along over 4f out, ridden over 3f out, headway entering final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish
led, ridden, headed over 2f out, one pace
chased leader, led over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on, headed towards finish
chased leaders, challenged 3f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, challenged over 2f out, soon ridden, one pace
Nonrunner
Ballroom Dancer can come out on top over the likes of Hunting Tower, Celtic Change and Sunlight to name but three. Ballroom Dancer opened her account over subsequent scorer Medicea Sidera at Goodwood in June, and was then absent until turning up at Sandown a week ago. Jeremy Noseda's filly lined up off a mark of 80 for her handicap debut at the Esher track but showed there is plenty more to come when going down very narrowly to Oceana Gold. A race of this nature looks there for the taking on that evidence, and with conditions to suit today, she can make amends. Hunting Tower was given the Ryan Moore treatment to get up on the line at Salisbury and now has topweight to overcome, while Celtic Change looked a hard ride when opening his account on softer ground 18-days ago. Sunlight was last of seven in the Lingfield Oaks Trial and failed to redeem herself when put back to a mile at Kempton, so is best watched off her current mark, and we would much rather stick with Ballroom Dancer.
Hunting Tower 7-1 (9-5) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, not clear run, switched left, hard ridden to lead line, won at Salisbury 1m 3yo hcp (4) gf in Jul beating Salient (9-2) by a hd, 11 ran.
Sunlight (IRE) 9-4fav (9-7) Tracked leader, led 5f out, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon one pace and weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 6l behind Les Fazzani (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3yo fll hcp 0-100 (4) pol in Jul.
First Buddy 16-1 (8-12) Switched right to race alone stand side, overall leader until over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 9th of 10, 21l behind Traffic Guard (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 3yo stk (2) gf in Jul.
Snaafy (USA) 8-1 (8-13) In touch, under pressure over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, soon beaten, 8th of 17, 8l behind Artimino (9-1) at Newmarket 1m 3yo hcp (3) gf in May.
Ballroom Dancer (IRE) 8-1 (9-9) Mid-division, headway on outside to chase leaders on 1f out, chased winner and strong challenge inside final furlong, always held towards finish, 2nd of 14, nk behind Oceana Gold (9-0) at Sandown 1m 3yo hcp (4) gd.
Monkey Glas (IRE) 9-1 (9-1) Took keen hold mid-division, ridden 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 11, 11l behind Cnoc Moy (9-4) at Sandown 1m 3yo hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Spirit of The Mist (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Chased leader, weakened over 2f out, 13th of 14, 23l behind Spice Route (9-4) at York 1m 2f 3yo hcp (3) gs in May.
Celtic Change (IRE) 11-8fav (9-1) Held up towards rear, switched left and headway over 2f out, ridden to lead when hung right entering final furlong, stayed on, won at Redcar 1m hcp 0-75 (4) gs in Jul beating Moonhawk (9-4) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
