dwelt, soon led, made rest, ridden over 2f out, pressed inside final furlong, kept on gamely, just held on
tracked leaders in 3rd, chased winner over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, pressed winner and strong challenge inside final furlong, kept on just held near finish
led early, took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden and outpace 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked winner until over 3f out, soon ridden, one pace final furlong
The first of five races on the turf course on today's card can go to LIBRITISH. For a filly bred to stay further, she did particularly well to score over the extended mile at Wolverhampton on her debut and is preferred to the more exposed pair Arabian Star and George Woolf. The main dangers look to be last year's winners Haylaman and Lucy Limelites, who both step up in trip for their comeback runs, but November's Kempton winner Orange Ace disappointed on his reappearance at Doncaster and has a bit to prove now.
Arabian Star (IRE) 11-4fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never able to to challenge, 5th of 6, 3 1/2l behind Ivan Vasilevich (8-10) at Yarmouth 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gf in Apr.
Haylaman (IRE) 11-8fav (8-11) Keen in touch, hampered over 6f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and every chance 1f out, driven to lead post, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo mdn auc stks (5) pol in Oct beating Zamina (8-5) by ns, 11 ran.
Libritish 9-1 (8-3) Slowly away, in rear, headway on outer 2f out, led and edged left over 1f out, kept on well inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn fll stks (5) pol in Jan beating Beauchamp Xiara (9-13) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.
Lucy Limelites 9-2fav (9-3) Mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on towards finish to go 2nd, not reach winner, 2nd of 17, 1/2l behind Unknown Rebel (8-7) at Pontefract 1m hcp 0-75 2yo (5) gd in Oct.
Orange Ace 11-1 (8-4) Mid-division, lost placae 5f out, soon behind, no danger after, 8th of 9, 13l behind Belgian Bill (9-4) at Doncaster 1m 3yo hcp 0-95 (3) gf in Apr.
George Woolf 6-1 (8-12) In rear, pushed along and outpaced over 4f out, chased leading pair over 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression, 3rd of 4, 17l behind Halfsin (9-7) at Doncaster 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Apr.