raced keenly tracking leaders, effort over 1f out, stayed on well closing stages, never able to challenge
led until over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, smooth headway to lead over 1f out, soon clear, ran on well, easily
tracked leader, every chance 2f out, weakened over 1f out
JUNOOB can make the most of a good opportunity. Tom Dascombe's charge is clear on handicap ratings and need only reproduce the form of his narrow-margin defeat by Tinshu in a Listed event here last month to take this. Shieldmaiden got her head back in front at Wolverhampton last time but has plenty to find with the selection on these terms, as does recent Deauville all-weather winner Uphold. Layline remains out of sorts and hard to fancy.
Layline (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Mid-division, headway on inside over 1f out, never able to challenge, 7th of 13, 5l behind Emerald Wilderness (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) pol.
Uphold 7-1 (9-6) won at Deauville Midi(FR) 1m 4f stk fbs beating Falun (8-13) by ns, 14 ran.
Junoob 7-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on to go 2nd post, just failed, 2nd of 13, hd behind Tinshu (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol in Dec.
Shieldmaiden (USA) 10-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, soon tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed narrowly well over 1f out, soon ridden, led last 100 yards, just held on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) pol beating Tornado Force (9-11) by ns, 6 ran.