led 1f, chased leaders, lost place before halfway
slowly into stride, behind, weakened halfway
led after 1f, hard ridden well over 1f out, stayed on strongly
chased leaders, effort on inside over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
took keen hold in touch, effort over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, weakend halfway
chased leaders, driven halfway, weakened over 1f out
Roger Varian tries Skip And Jump in a first-time hood and the filly has shown enough ability to get herself into the action here. The Godolphin filly Legerity, who cost 300,000gns as a yearling, was beaten a very long way on her introduction at Doncaster in August while Asima has been fading in her races at this sort of trip. NANCY ASTOR (NAP) couldn't quite get to her well-supported stablemate Falling Petals over 7f here in December but that looked a better race than this and the longer trip can see her go one better. Incantare ran well for a 50/1 chance here last month and it wouldn't take much more to get into the frame.
Incantare 50-1 (8-12) Chased leading pair, ridden over 1f out, soon not quicken and kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 8, 4l behind Westwood Hoe (9-5) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Kohuma Halling mare out of Kohiba.
Asima (IRE) 33-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, pushed along when edged left 2f out, ridden and one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 14, 8l behind Zari (9-0) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Oct.
Legerity (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Towards rear, outpaced on outside 3f out, never on terms, weakened and eased 1f out, 13th of 14, 29l behind Montalcino (9-0) at Doncaster 1m mdn (5) gd in Aug.
Nancy Astor 5-1 (9-0) Tracked winner, effort well over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Falling Petals (9-0) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Dec.
Shavaughn Kheleyf filly out of Shannon Falls.
Skip And Jump (USA) 5-1 (9-0) In touch on inside, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 6l behind Wolf Albarari (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 2yo mdn stks (5) in Nov.
Stardanse 100-1 (10-0) Slowly into stride, took keen hold and held up towards rear, headway on inside 2f out, never reached leaders and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 13, 10l behind Molly Dolly (8-10) at Kempton 7f mdn fll (5) pol.
