led to before 3 out, led again before next, soon ridden, not fluent last, headed flat, weakened towards finish
held up in touch in last pair, outpaced in rear 3 out, rallied to press leader next, soon ridden, led flat, all out towards finish, headed final strides
held up in touch in last pair, took closer order 7th, driven to chase front pair after 3 out, every chance briefly before next, soon ridden and outpaced, stayed on again flat
tracked leader, not fluent 5th, lost place after 3 out, soon outpaced, 4th and plenty to do when blundered last, ridden and rallied flat, led final strides
tracked leaders, led before 3 out, driven and headed before next, soon weakened, tailed off
Placed over a similar trip to this at Hexham earlier, ELLE EST GRANDE found one too good again over 2m4f at Ayr last month. Now handicapping for the first time, Keith Dalgleish’s mare makes most appeal back over this extra distance given today’s moderate opposition. Seapoint ran well over fences here on her penultimate start but was well beaten in soft going back over timber at Wetherby while the ground is also a worry for Versifier. Incertaine and Lexi have shown little so far though the latter has undergone a wind operation since last in action and is also fitted with a visor for this.
Elle Est Grande (IRE) 11-2 (10-12) Led, ridden and headed 2 out, kept on same pace, just held on to 2nd, 2nd of 10, 7l behind Aurora Thunder (10-12) at Ayr 2m 4f mdn (5) sft in Oct.
Versifier 25-1 (11-2) Led until before 3 out, weakened soon after 3 out, 8th of 10, 25 3/4l behind Midnight Aurora (10-8) at Uttoxeter 2m 7f hcp (4) gd in May.
Seapoint (IRE) 16-1 (10-8) Always behind, 7th of 11, 33 3/4l behind No Trumps (11-2) at Wetherby 2m 5f hcp (4) gs in Nov.
Incertaine 40-1 (11-1) Prominent, lost place 2 out, soon weakened, 10th of 14, dist behind Our Rockstar (11-5) at Stratford 2m 6f hcp (5) gd in Mar.
Lexi (FR) 40-1 (10-12) Prominent until weakened after 7th, 7th of 11, dist behind Teeton Power (11-0) at Worcester 2m 4f mdn (5) gd in Aug.
