close up, headway on inner over 1f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, stayed on
held up, headway entering final furlong, led inside final furlong, pushed out
tracked leader until over 2f out, edged left and faded inside final furlong
tracked leader until over 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong
raced wide, close up, chased leader over 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong
held up, ridden and weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, in rear, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer
soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on
It took Hyland Heather 11 attempts to finally win a maiden race but she can race off the same mark as when scoring at Redcar in September. Diamond Lady is not badly treated if back to her best and the same can be said of PRIMROSE VALLEY. She was winning off a 14lb higher mark last year and showed some signs of a resurgence at Chelmsford last time when not beaten far in seventh despite not getting a clear run. Loveatfirstsight may do better now handicapping while Himalayan Queen and Evening Starlight have both won lower grade sprints on the all-weather this year.
Primrose Valley 5-1 (9-7) Held up, in mid-division, on inside, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not quite pace to threaten, 7th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Pearl Spectre (9-7) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Pretty Bubbles 25-1 (9-5) Held up, pushed along over 2f out, hung left final furlong, never on terms, last of 11, 11 1/4l behind Bargain Buy (9-4) at Lingfield 7f hcp fll (3) pol in Nov.
Diamond Lady 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 2l behind Ballesteros (9-8) at Nottingham 5f hcp (4) gd in Nov.
Hyland Heather (IRE) 7-4fav (9-0) With leader, pushed along over 2f out, led 1f out, kept on well, won at Redcar 6f mdn stks (5) gd in Sep beating Manshood (9-5) by 2l, 9 ran.
Penny Dreadful 11-2 (9-6) Pulled hard held up, edged left over 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong, last of 10, 18l behind More Beau (9-5) at Newcastle 6f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Himalayan Queen 12-1 (9-3) In touch, weakened over 2f out, last of 14, dist behind Vincenzo Coccotti (9-4) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (5) pol in Nov.
Loveatfirstsight 9-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Red Trooper (9-5) at Kempton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Evening Starlight 25-1 (9-3) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 9, 10 1/2l behind Dreams Of Glory (9-1) at Windsor 5f hcp (5) sft in Oct.