in mid-division, headway under pressure, over 1f out, hung left and no impression final furlong
some late moderate headway final furlong
slowly into stride and always behind
followed leaders, ridden 2f out, soon every chance
dwelt, switched right from lower draw and held up, headway 2f out, led approaching final furlong, ran green in front, ran on comfortably
slowly into stride and always behind
in mid-division, effort on wide outside, and driven 3f out, weakened under pressure over 1f out (lost front shoe)
slight lead to 2f out, weakened over 1f out
with leaders on outer, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
prominent on outside, ridden and every chance 2f out, one pace final furlong
a head in touch, pushed along 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
with leaders, led 2f out until approaching final furlong, unable the quicken
Musicanna showed enough on her Newmarket introduction to merit support here, with Kodiac, Great Exhibition and Mrs Shilling all likely contenders as well. The last mentioned is a stablemate of the selection and has also had the benefit of a run, but her form behind Cape Vincent has been devalued since by the disappointing run of the latter. However, it would be no surprise if she took a hand in proceedings, without being good enough to stop Musicanna from progressing. The daughter of Cape Cross came up against an opponent who had been taking on Group company on her debut at Newmarket and shaped really well as the race went on. The only negative today is the fact that she drops back in trip rather than being upped a furlong. Nevertheless she may have the class to prevail. Kodiac returns from a long absence, but showed enough when rather unlucky in running behind Oman Gulf at headquarters last year to keep on the right side. Great Exhibition has plenty of experience and hails from the in-form Godolphin outfit, so has to be respected as well, and with Ed Vaughan making such a sparkling start to his training career, Polish Rose should be noted on her debut. Despite plenty holding promise, it is Musicanna who is the one to be on today.