disputed lead, led 4f out, joined over 1f out, stayed on until headed inside final furlong
in touch on outer, ridden, outpaced over 3f out, soon behind
with leader 3f, ridden, weakened from 2f out
slowly into stride, soon tracked leaders, chased leader 2f out, ridden to challenge, every chance final furlong, not pace of winner towards finish
prominent, ridden 3f out, lost touch from 2f out, weakened
held up in touch, headway over 1f out, ran green, led inside final furlong, ridden out
slowly into stride, soon in touch, ridden over 3f out, gradually weakened
An interesting maiden with some top stables represented and we will take a chance with Rebellion, Ballet Pacifica and Blushing Thief are two live dangers. Mark Johnston's colt had three outings on the turf last Autumn and on each occasion just found a couple too good. If handling this all-weather surface he prove hard to beat. Ballet Pacifica is trained by Jeremy Noseda and has a pretty smart American pedigree. The market will probably indicate this ones chances so take note. Willie Jarvis runs Blushing Thief who is also nicely bred and has shown promise in a couple of events here in January. Improvement is probably needed to win this but he does have the scope. Amygdala and Twilight Avenger have also shown ability and may do best of the others, but on this occasion we will side with Rebellion.
Blushing Thief (USA) 9-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, chased leading pair over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 12, 9l behind Babcary (8-9) at Lingfield 1m 3yo mdn (5) pol in Jan.
King's Melody 66-1 (8-7) Tracked leader, led 6f out, headed over 5f out, weakened over 2f out, 11th of 12, 13l behind Donna Giovanna (8-9) at W'hampton 7f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Jan.
Musical Script (USA) Stravinsky gelding, half-brother to 7f-1m winner Slavonic.
Rebellion 11-4jt-fav (9-0) In touch, driven over 2f out, ridden and one paced final 2f, 3rd of 13, 3l behind Reunite (8-9) at Nottingham 1m 2yo mdn (5) hvy in Nov.
Twilight Avenger (IRE) 20-1 (8-11) Prominent, ridden and not much room over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 10, 6l behind Smart Ass (8-6) at Southwell 7f 3yo sll (6) fbs.
Amygdala 6-1 (8-11) In touch, headway over 2f out, ridden and effort over 1f out, stayed on same pace, 5th of 11, 6l behind Astrobella (8-6) at Newcastle 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) sft in Oct.
Ballet Pacifica (USA) Minardi filly, half-sister to several winners in the USA, dam a very useful winner at around 1m-1m2f.
Tilsworth Charlie Dansili filly, half-sister to several winners.