held up in touch, ridden 3f out, kept on same pace final 2f
raced wide, in touch, not handle bend 5f out, effort 2f out, soon no impression
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 4th
keen, tracked winner early, tracked leaders over 6f out, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
held up, some headway over 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong
tracked winner over 6f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner 2f out, edged left and stayed on towards finish
made all, ridden over 2f out, clear over 1f out, ridden out
Before The War and Christmas Carnival catch the eye for previous performances but our tentative selection is LATHAAT. In her last race at Goodwood which was run over seven furlongs, she lost out by just over three lengths. Interestingly, she stayed on right through the line and this distance may be the perfect trip for this horse who has improved on each of her two starts. Equally, Lathaat's pedigree is worth noting and John Dunlop has a 31% strike rate at Leicester with three-year-olds. Luca Cumani trains Before The War and he too has a decent record at this course. Before The War comes back from a break and will need to perform better than in two maidens on the polytracks. Christmas Carnival did well at Newbury when losing out by only a length a half behind Colonel Carter. The winner of that race has since gone on to score again and Christmas Carnival will stand a good chance of notching up a win here. However, we side with the progressive Lathaat.
Before The War (USA) 7-1 (9-3) Soon outpaced and pushed along towards rear, heandway on inside over 1f out, stayed on, 5th of 10, 9l behind Robust Wish (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Christmas Carnival 16-1 (9-3) Always prominent, pushed along over 2f out, led well over 1f out, soon headed and edged right, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Colonel Carter (9-3) at Newbury 1m 3yo mdn (4) gd in Apr.
Eastern Magic Observatory gelding out of Inchtina.
Shut Up Shapiro (IRE) 50-1 (9-3) Started slowly and badly hampered start, very green and always struggling in rear, 9th of 12, 13l behind Mutafajer (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 3yo mdn (5) gf.
Weliketobouggie 20-1 (9-3) Behind, effort on inside 2f out, driven over 1f out, keeping on one pace when switched right inside final furlong and stayed on, 6th of 10, 8l behind Azizi (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn auc stks (5) pol in Jul.
Dazzled Starcraft filly out of Morning After.
Lathaat 22-1 (9-0) Soon off the pace towards rear, pushed along 3f out, switched left 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd last strides, 3rd of 10, 3 1/2l behind Water Gipsy (9-0) at Goodwood 7f 3yo fll mdn (5) gd.
Mazamorra (USA) 25-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, towards rear, driven along halfway, no progress final 2f, 6th of 12, 14l behind Sowaylm (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Nov.
Veni Vedi Veci (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Tracked leader to 4f out, ridden and outpaced 2f out, kept on same pace approaching final furlong, no impression, 4th of 7, 7l behind Thaahira (8-12) at Chester 1m 2f 3yo mdn (4) gd.
