held up in rear, headway on inside 2f out, soon not much room and weakened
mid-division, ridden and unable to quicken 2f out, stayed on under pressure to take 3rd inside final furlong
raced wide early, soon tracking leaders, went 2nd halfway, weakening when not much room inside final furlong
soon tracked leaders to halfway, lost place 4f out
in touch, lost place over 4f out, stayed on again inside final furlong
led, headed approaching final furlong, weakened inside final furlong
raced wide in touch, ridden to challenge going well over 2f out, chased winner, unable to quicken final furlong
held up towards rear, effort on inside rail 2f out, soon no room and hampered, no danger after
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge on inside over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, stayed on well
mid-division, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out
held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
slowly into stride and always in rear
took keen hold, held up in rear, stayed on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
This looks a trappy affair and so a tentative vote is given to Monashee River, with Serramanna and Amwell Brave put forward as the main dangers. The selection finshed just behind a couple of decent types in a Wolverhampton maiden earlier this month and looks on a fair mark for her first outing in handicap company. Just to emphasise the point she had a couple of horse rated 55 well behind in that contest and she could still be on the upgrade. Serramanna put in an improved performance when chasing home Bay Hawk at Lingfield last time and should be thereabouts again this afternoon. Meanwhile Amwell Brave is well in with Bienheureux on recent running and should be capable of reaching the frame. Arsad and Entranced are two others worthy of a mention, but Monashee River is lightly raced so has more potential than most of these and she gets our vote.
Bienheureux 7-1 (9-7) Towards rear, effort over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 14, 12l behind Zed Candy (8-5) at Southwell 1m 3f hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Amwell Brave 6-1 (9-11) Mid-division, no impression on leaders 2f out, kept on, never dangerous, 4th of 13, 6l behind Grasp (9-4) at Kempton 2m hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Swainson (USA) 6-1 (9-3) Pulled hard, led chasing group but 8 lengths down of 2nd horse, ridden 4f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 11, 8l behind Trew Style (9-0) at Folkestone 1m 7f hcap (5) gf in Apr.
Double Bay (USA) 7-1 (9-1) Chased leader, hampered over 2f out, soon behind, last of 9, 19l behind Della Salute (10-0) at Windsor 1m 2f fll hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Entranced 14-1 (8-8) In touch, ridden 3f out, weakening when edged left approaching final furlong, 5th of 10, 5l behind Junior (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 4f 3yo hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Serramanna 8-1 (8-7) Raced wide in rear, ridden 3f out, stayed on final furlong, took 2nd post, 2nd of 8, 2l behind Bay Hawk (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 5f app hcp (5) pol.
Monashee River (IRE) 9-1 (8-7) Mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Salonga (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn stk (5) pol.
Arsad (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, ridden and staying on when slightly short of room and checked over 1f out, ran on again inside final furlong, 4th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Escoffier (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol.