held up, headway 4f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
slowly away raced wide in touch, pushed along 4f out, ridden and hung left 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, pushed along 4f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, never near leaders
slowly away in rear, stayed far side over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
in rear, pushed along halfway, ridden and headway over 1f out, never near leaders
keen tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
tracked leader after 2f, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off
close up, headway to track winner over 4f out, pushed along 3f out, ridden and every chance when edged left over 1f out, kept on one pace
towards rear, pushed along 4f out, weakened 3f out, tailed off
led early, tracked leaders, brought main group and led over 4f out, ridden clear final furlong
headway to lead 9f out, headed and stayed far side over 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
The Gosden yard bid to win this for a third time in succession having sent out subsequent St Leger runner-up Lah Ti Dar last year. This year’s representative STAR CATCHER made only a modest start at Chelmsford in December but the extra distance will suit the Oaks entry and she gets the nod. Samstar made a promising start over today’s trip at Lingfield recently and Sashenka ran well for second at the same track on her debut. Royal Star finished fourth over a mile here on her introduction in October while the 100,000gns yearling Soloist is preferred to Lucy Lou of the newcomers.
Born Leader (FR) Nathaniel filly out of Chieftess.
Brass (FR) Linngari filly out of Silver Pivotal.
Happy Hiker (IRE) Dalakhani filly out of Travelling Light.
Lucy Lou (IRE) Galileo filly out of Baraka.
Mrs Ivy 9-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, lost place when ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 13, 29 3/4l behind Jersey Wonder (9-2) at Salisbury 1m stks (5) gf in Sep.
Royal Star 17-2 (9-0) Held up and behind, headway far side of group 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Nausha (9-0) at Newbury 1m fll stks (4) gs in Oct.
Samstar 9-1 (8-8) Behind, outpaced over 2f out, switched outside and ran on inside final furlong, finished well to take 3rd towards finish, not quite reach front pair, 3rd of 9, 1l behind Kvetuschka (8-8) at Lingfield 1m 2f fll stks (5) pol in Mar.
Sashenka (GER) 25-1 (8-9) Behind, headway on wide outside over 2f out, ran on into 2nd inside final furlong, never reached winner, 2nd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Pytilia (8-9) at Lingfield 1m mdn fll stks (6) pol in Mar.
Soloist (IRE) Camelot filly out of Ayshea.
Star Catcher 4-5fav (9-0) Slowly into stride, towards rear, some headway from over 1f out, never on terms, 6th of 12, 6 1/4l behind Mister Chiang (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m mdn stks (3) pol in Dec.
Universal Song 66-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, always behind, 13th of 14, 22 1/2l behind Kimblewick (9-0) at Kempton 1m fll stks (5) pol in Nov.