dwelt in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, ridden to press winner inside final furlong, ran on
tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, headway to lead 2f out, ridden and pressed inside final furlong, ran on
very slowly away in rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
soon led, pushed along and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
in touch towards rear, pushed along and headway entering final furlong, kept on one pace
Imperial Butterfly bids for a hat-trick of course and distance wins though is upped in class and raised a further 4lb. CONSERVATOIRE (NAP) is also looking to land a treble but she’s been winning tougher handicaps than this on the Turf. William Haggas has an impressive strike rate here and his filly looks the one to side making her debut on the all-weather along with Shanghai Rock. The latter won over 6f at Windsor last month while Pockley has been running well over 6f here and races over this longer trip for the first time.
Conservatoire 15-8fav (8-8) Missed break, held up in touch, pushed along over 2f out, switched left and ridden over 1f out, stayed on well to lead inside final furlong, held on gamely, won at Doncaster 7f (3) hvy in Oct beating Sir Maxi (8-12) by nk, 8 ran.
Shanghai Rock 11-4fav (9-12) Held up tracking leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden to challenge on far rail over 1f out, stayed on to lead inside final furlong, won at Windsor 6f (5) hvy in Oct beating Emjaytwentythree (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 10 ran.
Pockley 4-1 (9-4) Led early, prominent, led 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, headed last strides, 2nd of 11, hd behind Fayathaan (9-6) at Newcastle 6f (5) pol in Oct.
Always Dreaming 7-1 (9-0) Pressed leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 11, 10 3/4l behind Sea Empress (9-0) at Newcastle 1m mdn fll stks (5) pol in Oct.
Sands In Time 66-1 (8-12) Prominent in near side group, ridden and lost place over 2f out, drifted left and weakened over 1f out, 18th of 21, 16l behind Lullaby Moon (8-9) at Redcar 6f lst (1) sft in Oct.
Kentucky Kitten (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 7, 13 1/2l behind Farhan (9-5) at Pontefract 1m 2f stks (4) sft in Oct.
Imperial Butterfly (IRE) 11-4fav (9-3) Towards rear, headway to lead 2f out, driven out, won at Newcastle 7f (5) pol in Oct beating Ask The Wind (9-2) by nk, 10 ran.