chased leader, pushed along 2f out, unable to quicken and lost 2nd inside final furlong, edged left and plugged on towards finish
awkwardly away, held up last, good headway on inside over 1f out, 4th and one pace inside final furlong
held up tracking leading pair, went 2nd inside final furlong until final 100 yards, kept on pressing for 2nd
raced keenly, led and set good pace, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner close home, held on for 2nd
held up in 4th, headway on outside over 1f out, went 2nd final 100 yards, ran on well to lead close home
Carolinae won nicely over 7f at Kempton recently with previous winner Summer Icon failing to threaten. But the former had earlier found STELLAR SURPRISE too good in a handicap at Wolverhampton and Stuart Williams’ filly is taken to confirm superiority, despite worse terms, with Ryan Moore’s presence in the saddle boosting confidence. Zest was third behind the selection at Wolverhampton when attempting to make all but had won a conditions race before that but Bint Dandy has a tough task on these terms.
Bint Dandy (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Raced wide held up, ridden 2f out, never near leaders, 7th of 10, 2 1/2l behind Favourite Royal (9-1) at Lingfield 1m hcp fll (4) pol in Nov.
Carolinae 7-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, behind, good headway on outside chasing leaders over 1f out, strong run to lead inside final furlong, won going away, won at Kempton 7f hcp fll (3) pol in Feb beating Yeah Baby Yeah (8-8) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Stellar Surprise 7-1 (9-2) Always handy, went 2nd 2f out, led over 1f out, held on well, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (2) pol in Jan beating Carolinae (9-5) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
Summer Icon 5-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, went 2nd 3f out until inside final 2f, chased leaders ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Carolinae (9-4) at Kempton 7f hcp fll (3) pol in Feb.
Zest (IRE) 3-1 (9-10) Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, edged right, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 1 1/2l behind Stellar Surprise (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (2) pol in Jan.