tracked leaders, went 2nd on bit 3f out, quickened to lead inside final 2f, soon clear, very easily
led after 1f, pushed along and headed over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off
wore hood to post, held up in 5th, pushed along over 4f out, soon outpaced, rallied from 2f out, went remote 3rd towards finish
steadied start, in rear, pushed along and outpaced 4f out, soon lost touch, tailed off
tracked leader over 10f out, led over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, headed and immediately outpaced by winner inside final 2f, weakened into 3rd inside final 100 yards and dropped to 4th towards finish
led over 1f, soon settled in 3rd, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, went remote 2nd inside final 100 yards
Modaara is penalised for winning at Chelmsford in October and also concedes a weight-for-age allowance to a couple of three-year-olds in Wodhooh and POLAR PRINCESS. The former struggled on soft going on her reappearance and should do better on this surface but the latter finished second at Wolverhampton on her latest start so gets the vote to go one better. Pop The Champagne debuts on the Flat having won a bumper in 2021 and shown good progress over hurdles last year.
Modaara 5-6fav (8-13) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, ran on well, easily, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Oct beating Idee Fixee (9-4) by 3 1/2l, 9 ran.
My Chiquita 22-1 (10-2) Pushed along to soon tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 5 1/2l behind Flower Of Dubai (8-11) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn fll stks (5) pol in Apr.
Pop The Champagne (FR) 7-1 (10-9) Held up towards rear, not fluent 4th, mistake 5th and 6th, headway before 3 out, 3rd after 2 out, weakened flat, 8th of 12, 21 1/4l behind Presentandcounting (11-9) at Worcester 2m 4f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Star For A Day (IRE) 22-1 (10-8) Close up in touch, ridden over 3f out, pressed leader 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 11, 10 3/4l behind Birdhouse (10-8) at Fakenham 2m mdn (4) sft in Apr.
Polar Princess 5-4 (8-10) Tracked leaders, chased winner over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 4, 4 1/4l behind Good Morals (8-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f fll stks (5) pol in Apr.
Wodhooh (FR) 18-1 (9-2) In touch with leading group, shaken up 3f out, soon ridden along, made steady headway inside final furlong, ran on but never seriously involved, 5th of 16, 18 1/2l behind Gather Ye Rosebuds (9-2) at Newbury 1m 2f mdn fll stks (4) sft in Apr.
