led early, tracked leader, effort over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, no chance with front pair when lost 3rd inside final furlong
held up in touch, headway 3f out, led 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, kept on, readily outpaced by winner final 100 yards
tracked leaders, led narrowly 3f out, driven and headed 2f out, soon one pace, ridden and stayed on to take 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with front pair
soon led, headed 3f out, lost place 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, soon challenged, driven to lead 1f out, ran on, clear final 100 yards, readily
slowly into stride, held up in touch, pushed along and headway on inside when short of room well over 3f out, one pace over 2f out, soon ridden, never on terms, weakened final furlong
NonRunner
The form of CRYSTAL HOPE’s victory at Sandown last month received a massive boost when runner-up Give And Take won the Musidora at York earlier this week. Collateral form gives her the beating of both Arcadian Cat, second to Oaks favourite Lah Ti Dah here last time, and Newmarket runner-up Sea of Class, though the latter has bags of scope. Athena produced her best run so far at the Curragh eight days ago but that was over a mile on heavy ground. Stream Song only won a handicap on her reappearance at Windsor and is a little exposed but Dance Legend won nicely at Ripon and shouldn’t be ignored.
Arcadian Cat (USA) 9-2 (9-0) Tracked clear leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 14, 6l behind Lah Ti Dar (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2f mdn fll stks (4) gs in Apr.
Athena (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Mid-division early, kept on same pace without threatening from over 1f out, 2nd of 16, 1/2l behind Wisdom Mind (9-0) at Curragh 1m mdn fll hvy in May.
Crystal Hope 14-1 (9-0) Held up, headway on outer from over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Sandown 1m 2f fll stks (4) gs in Apr beating Give And Take (9-6) by 3l, 11 ran.
Dance Legend 8-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, every chance over 2f out, stayed on strongly to lead inside final furlong, driven out, won at Ripon 1m 2f stks (4) gs in Apr beating Key Player (9-8) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Sea of Class (IRE) 5-4fav (9-0) Towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, headed near finish, 2nd of 9, nk behind Ceilidhs Dream (9-0) at Newmarket 1m mdn fll stks (4) gd in Apr.
Stream Song Evensfav (9-6) Slowly into stride, behind, headway to track leader after 2f, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Windsor 1m 2f hcp fll (4) gd in Apr beating Double Reflection (8-5) by nk, 8 ran.
Apple Anni (IRE) 14-1 (8-13) Close 5th, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 6th of 7, 9 3/4l behind Time Change (9-2) at Salisbury 1m 2f hcp fll (3) gf in May.
