chased clear winner until over 5f out, dropped to rear and struggling 3f out
steadied start, pulled hard, held up last and well off the pace, short lived effort on outside 3f out, tailed off
raced just off inside rail, made all, soon clear, kept on strongly final 2f, ridden out final furlong, unchallenged
slowly away, soon racing in 4th and off the pace, headway to 2nd over 5f out, no impression final 2f, never able to challenge
held up in 3rd and off the pace until weakened well over 2f out
held up in 5th and off the pace, headway to modest 3rd well over 2f out, plugged on one pace final 2f, never able to challenge
RUSSIAN MUSIC is on roll at the moment and still looks to be well handicapped enough to take this two mile event at the expense of Moonbeam Dancer and Dani's Girl. Chasing a hat-trick the selection has vastly improved since stepping up to this kind of trip finding little opposition when taking those last two victories. Granted those have come on the slower surfaces at Southwell and Wolverhampton but he handled Lingfield¿s polytrack so should do just fine on this. Moonbeam Dancer scored well over course and distance two starts back and only found the one too good given the same assignment under this mark last time so looks booked for another good effort. Dani's Girl is another on good form having also scored over course and distance last time albeit in a weaker contest. That said she keeps better company when winning over hurdles so she¿s very much considered under a revised rating. L'Homme De Nuit can be added to the list after his recent exploits over timber but Russian Music looks ahead of the handicapper and can go in again.
Prairie Spirit (FR) 66-1 (9-0) Slight lead, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened, last of 11, 20l behind Emerald Wilderness (9-6) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Feb.
Dani's Girl (IRE) 4-1 (9-7) Held up in rear, took good hold, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead 1f out, pushed out inside final furlong, won at Kempton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Dec beating Meirig's Dream (8-8) by 1 3/4l, 9 ran.
Alsadaa (USA) 3-1fav (11-8) Mid-division, ridden and lost place over 7f out, soon behind, completely tailed off final 4f, last of 11, well behind Epsom Salts (11-5) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Sep.
L'Homme de Nuit (GER) 6-1 (10-0) Very slowly away, in rear, headway on outer to chase winner 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong, 3rd of 8, 2l behind Dubai Diva (8-8) at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Russian Music (USA) Evensfav (9-13) Held up, headway over 5f out, tracked leaders over 3f out, led over 2f out, pushed clear, easily, won at Southwell 2m hcp 0-60 (6) fbs beating Spring Breeze (9-4) by 6l, 7 ran.
Moonbeam Dancer (USA) 7-4fav (8-1) Held up, headway 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to chase winner well inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Brett Vale (9-0) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Pocket Too 8-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 11, 7l behind Wicked Daze (9-7) at Kempton 1m 4f clm stks (6) pol.
