slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 1f out, never nearer
in touch, chased leader 2f out, led 1f out, ridden out
chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong to take 3rd close home
tracked leaders, ridden and edged left 2f out, soon weakened
held up, headway over 1f out, never dangerous
headway over 4f out to be in touch, ridden and chased leaders over 2f out, one pace final furlong
towards rear, headway 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, hampered on inside 2f out, stayed on one pace
led, ridden and headed 1f out, stayed on same pace
Plenty of unknown quantities in this so the betting market might provide some clues. Sweetest Revenge and Night Pearl have the best form of those to have raced, and the former is possibly the one to beat based on her Salisbury third to a well-regarded Mick Channon filly at Salisbury last time over a furlong shorter. Night Pearl was highly tried last time but comes into the reckoning based on a decent debut effort the time before. Of the newcomers, the ones to keep an eye on are Jeremy Noseda's Big Bad Burt, a 65,000 guineas purchase; Desperate Dan, a 40,000 guineas buy who is a son of the Australian sire Danzero, who is making a name for himself; Brian Meehan's 30,000 guineas purchase, First Note; James Fanshawe's 54,000 guineas buy, Royal Prince, and Philip Mitchell's 21,000 guineas acquisition, Dream Of Dubai. Once again, though, and unless the market tells a different story, we'll opt for Sweetest Revenge.
