tracked leaders, ridden, lost place over 4f out
slowly into stride, pulled hard, held up in rear, never dangerous
slowly into stride, soon outpaced
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on to take 2nd inside final furlong
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, ridden, some headway 3f out, soon one pace
mid-division, ridden over 3f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out
made most, ridden clear final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace final 2f
chased winner until over 2f out
raced wide, held up, ridden over 3f out, no headway
close up, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong
The vote here goes to Six Of Diamonds ahead of Mutual Friend and Murtaad. Six Of Diamonds made eyecatching late headway when third at Warwick on his racecourse debut and, even with nominal improvement, should go very well today. Mutual Friend's seasonal return, when fifth in a seven-furlong maiden here, gets him a solid mention in a run-of-the-mill maiden and the likes of Sweet Gale, who races in a first-time tongue-tie, Murtaad, who rates as the interesting newcomer, and Muhannak, who is surely better than his debut run suggested, all get mentions, while the betting might provide further clues. Once again, though, the selection is Six Of Diamonds.
Ardmaddy (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, hard ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 5th of 10, 6l behind Pairumani Princess (8-12) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn auc (5) pol in Oct.
Muhannak (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, ran green in mid-division on outside, shaken up and weakened over 2f out, 10th of 11, 22l behind Spanish Hidalgo (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn auc (5) gf in Aug.
Murtaad Soviet Star colt, half-brother to 6f winner Nusoor.
Mutual Friend (USA) 11-10fav (8-10) Held up, headway to chase leaders 3f out, not quicken 2f out, soon one pace, 5th of 13, 5l behind Teen Ager (8-13) at Lingfield 7f mdn aut stk (6) pol.
Premio Loco (USA) 12-1 (8-11) Mid-division, pulled hard early, never on terms, 5th of 15, 16l behind Provost (8-11) at Yarmouth 1m mdn stk (5) gf.
Six of Diamonds (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, ridden over 3f out, headway on inside from over 1f out, kept on, 3rd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Shmookh (9-3) at Warwick 7f 3yo mdn (5) gf.
Dancewiththestars (USA) 8-1 (8-12) Mid-division, slightly outpaced over 2f out, kept on final furlong, not trouble leaders, 6th of 11, 8l behind Benllech (9-3) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn auc (6) pol in Nov.
Sweet Gale (IRE) 50-1 (9-0) Behind most of way, 10th of 16, 14l behind Promising Lead (9-0) at Newbury 7f 3yo mdn fll (4) gf.