held up, headway on bit on inside 3f out, led approaching final furlong, soon ridden, ran on
pulled hard, held up in rear, never dangerous
never troubled leaders
slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, nearest finish
led, headed halfway, led again 3f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra inside final furlong
always prominent, ridden over 2f out, unable to quicken final furlong
left, behind, hampered over 1f out, ran on final furlong, nearest finish
held up, raced wide straight, never troubled leaders
chased leaders over 4f
with leader, led halfway, headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
An interesting affair in which the in-form Dudley's Delight is sure to be well fancied. Martin Pipe's charge has always had ability, and in fact won her first two starts at Newmarket and Nottingham for Jack Berry last year. Thought good enough to contest the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot that year, she went off the boil afterwards and has since had a spell with Rae Guest and enjoyed the sun in Spain. Claimed by Martin Pipe after selling wins at Yarmouth and Leicester, she completed the hat-trick at the latter track in claiming company and was subsequently pulled up over hurdles at Hereford. Her tendency to break blood vessels will always be a worry, but she gets the TEAmtalk vote. Golden Brief and Great View have bits and pieces of form to recommend them, while Al Muallim and Eucalyptus were both placed on their last starts. A bigger danger to the selection though could be Lucefer who overcame an absence when bursting through to score at Yarmouth before losing out in a photo to Dolphinelle on his all-weather debut over the course and distance a week ago. That was a seller and as this is a bit tougher, he should play second fiddle again.