driven to soon lead, ridden 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra
raced wide in touch, ridden to 3rd over 1f out, weakened final furlong
in rear, never dangerous
very slowly away, lost many lengths, always behind
slowly into stride, headway when short of room on inside 4f out, weakened over 3f out
tracked leader, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, rallied and kept on final furlong
close up, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
broke well, soon mid-division and edged left over 4f out, not clear run, soon outpaced approaching 2f out, switched right over 1f out, kept on final furlong
in touch, chased leader over 2f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, soon hung left, kept on
tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, soon pushed along in rear
The short list for this race contains Marmooq, Nikki Bea and Midmaar, with the selection being Midmaar. There is no doubt that the course and distance winner Marmooq, Nikki Bea and Midmaar, who has won at this venue, all fare well on adjusted official ratings and, even though that can be a flawed way of looking at sellers, they can all go well and rate as the main players for us. Given that he is the best drawn of the trio, Midmaar gets the vote. Best of the rest might be Danawi, who ran well on Turf last time so comes into this in decent nick. Once again, though, the selection is Midmaar.
Marmooq 8-1 (8-6) Led until headed 2f out, no extra, weakened final furlong, 5th of 13, 5l behind Cativo Cavallino (8-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Boisdale (IRE) 50-1 (9-8) Chased leaders, not clear run over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 2l behind Blue Knight (9-8) at Lingfield 6f sll (6) pol.
Hand Chime 25-1 (7-12) Slowly into stride, always in rear group, never a factor, last of 13, 18l behind Cativo Cavallino (8-3) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-65 (6) pol.
Midmaar (IRE) 9-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, led well over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 3/4l behind Union Jack Jackson (8-9) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-50 (6) pol.
Rafferty (IRE) 12-1 (8-6) Led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 8, 8l behind Samuel Charles (9-4) at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Mar.
Nikki Bea (IRE) 11-1 (9-6) Prominent, chased leader over 2f out, ridden to lead well over 1f out, kept on one pace, headed well inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 2l behind Pearl Farm (9-2) at Lingfield 1m fll hcp (6) pol.
Wicked Lady (UAE) 16-1 (9-8) In touch, ridden over 4f out, weakened approaching 2f out, 8th of 10, 18l behind Moon Empress (9-8) at Lingfield 1m 4f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) pol.
Danawi (IRE) 25-1 (9-6) Took keen hold and soon led, pushed along over 3f out, driven over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra close home, 2nd of 16, nk behind Bond Diamond (9-6) at Beverley 1m sll (5) gf.