chased leaders, driven along from 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
in touch, driven over 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on rails over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, unable to quicken final furlong
always behind
led to 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden to challenge and hung left from over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to lead near finish
tracked leader, led 2f out, driven and strongly pressed inside final furlong, caught near finish
always in rear
This is quite a trappy fillies' handicap and the vote is given to Uig, with Wassfa and Snake Skin also on the shortlist. The selection is a course and distance winner and she scored impressively at Chepstow last time to beat Nightspot. She does have a penalty for that success but she is improving with her racing and can her head in front again. Wassfa is interesting as she ran really well when beaten by Liberty Run at Brighton last time but the leading pair did come clear of the rest that day and she should be capable of getting her head in front before too long. Snake Skin won a handicap in good style at Brighton last time when beating Adage and it will be interesting to see if she can on front that. Cortesia is from a yard in form and can go well at a price, but for the winner we will stick with Uig.
Vale de Lobo 7-2 (8-9) Chased leader, led 4f out, driven out, won at Chepstow 1m 4f fll hcp (4) gs in May beating Hanella (9-4) by 3/4l, 4 ran.
Cortesia (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, no extra final furlong, 5th of 14, 4 1/2l behind Lady Songbird (8-9) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) gs in May.
Bavarica 14-1 (10-13) Held up, switched to far side rail over 7f out, headway over 4f out, soon chased leaders, led over 1f out, headed and no extra last strides, 2nd of 13, nk behind Le Corvee (11-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f amt hcp 0-80 (5) gf in May.
Jeu d'Esprit (IRE) 4-1 (9-4) Led at steady pace, ridden over 3f out, soon headed, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 9l behind Newtonian (8-8) at Southwell 1m 4f hcap (5) fbs in May.
Uig 12-1 (8-5) Broke well, chased leader, ridden to challenge over 2f out, kept on well under pressure to lead line, won at Chepstow 1m 2f hcap (5) gd in May beating Nightspot (9-3) by a shd, 10 ran.
Wassfa 4-1 (9-3) Led, headed final 2f, rallied and kept on, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Liberty Run (9-1) at Brighton 1m 2f app hcp (6) gd in May.
Snake Skin 10-3 (8-9) Tracked leader, led 2f out, driven clear over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Brighton 1m 4f fll hcp (6) sft in May beating Adage (8-12) by 5l, 7 ran.
Compton Express 13-2 (8-4) Held up in rear, driven and struggling from 3f out, 7th of 8, 11l behind Inchmahome (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 3f fll hcp (6) gf in May.
