raced keenly, led, headed after 2f, tracked leader, driven over 1f out, led again inside final furlong, soon ridden and hard pressed, just held on
tracked leaders, driven over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, effort over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, soon ridden and weakened
in touch, led after 2f, driven over 1f out, headed when ridden inside final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders, outpaced 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on into 3rd well inside final furlong, not trouble front pair
held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to challenge and every chance inside final furlong, just held
All of these can be given a chance as they step up in trip but ROUNDABOUT KITTEN beat an odds-on favourite to win a novices’ race over 1m2f here last time so gets a tentative vote. Yamuna River was placed in a handicap over 1m2f recently and is preferred to Mouchee and Sotomayor as the latter pair are upped in class while Aiya only won a maiden race at Southwell over a mile and Barbara Villiers was placed over the same distance at Newcastle on her latest start.
Aiya (IRE) 5-2jfav (8-9) Slow into stride, soon close up, pushed along and lost place over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headway under pressure entering final furlong, stayed on to lead towards finish, won at Southwell 1m mdn hcp (5) pol in Jan beating Far Dawn (8-4) by 1l, 7 ran.
Roundabout Kitten (USA) 20-1 (9-2) Went left start, tracked leader, ridden to lead and edged left over 1f out, ran on, won at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Jan beating Native Appeal (9-9) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Yamuna River 9-2 (9-7) Tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Topapinion (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Barbara Villiers 10-3 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 3rd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Plansina (8-2) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Jan.
Mouchee (IRE) 7-2jfav (9-5) Held up, hampered over 7f out, headway on inside over 1f out, strong challenge inside final furlong, just failed, 2nd of 11, shd behind Mr Carbonator (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Sotomayor 4-1 (9-6) Dwelt, soon chasing leaders, ridden to challenge and every chance when bumped inside final furlong, just failed, 3rd of 7, shd behind Font Vert (9-9) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.