raced keenly in 2nd on rail, ridden and lost 2nd inside final 2f, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, headway between horses and ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner towards finish
steadied start, held up in last pair, headway on rail when not clear run and switched left going well over 1f out, pushed along and ran on inside final furlong, ridden to lead towards finish
chased leaders, led briefly over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
off the pace and always towards rear
chased leaders, ridden inside final 2f, soon weakened
held up off the pace off the pace in last pair, switched left and good headway far side of group chasing leaders over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
off the pace towards rear, headway into 4th and no impression final 100 yards
Love Your Work and Abnaa escaped penalties last time having earlier won apprentices’ races but both disappointed. VINDOBALA is preferred despite failing to land the odds here a fortnight ago as she drops back down in class for this and can go one better. Clear Angel scored over 6f at the track last time but has yet to race over this far while Eponina hasn’t won on the all-weather in 28 previous attempts.
Saisons D'Or (IRE) 40-1 (9-8) Prominent, ridden 2f out, weakened, 9th of 10, 11 1/4l behind Thrave (9-4) at Newcastle 7f hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Love Your Work (IRE) Evensfav (8-13) Led, headed over 4f out, led again 3f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, no extra close home, 4th of 10, 2 1/4l behind Cliffcake (9-7) at Southwell 7f hcp (5) pol in Feb.
Vindobala (IRE) 5-6fav (8-4) Held up in last pair, switched left and headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Tommy Taylor (8-13) at Newcastle 7f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Eponina (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Led, ridden and headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 8 1/4l behind Khatwah (9-7) at Kempton 7f hcp fll (5) pol in Feb.
Exchequer (IRE) 15-2 (9-7) Close up early until chased leaders after 1f, short of room over 5f out, led over 2f out, pressed entering final 1f, headed well inside final furlong and no extra closing stages, 4th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Jessie Allan (9-2) at Musselburgh 7f hcp (6) gs in Sep.
Dabirstar (FR) 12-1 (9-7) Raced wide close up, pushed along over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, 7th of 10, 8 1/4l behind Steelriver (9-5) at Southwell 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Abnaa 3-1jfav (9-4) Steadied start and awkwardly away, held up in rear, headway far side of group and ran on inside final furlong, went 4th towards finish, never going pace to reach leaders, 4th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Velma (8-9) at Newcastle 1m hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Clear Angel 5-4fav (9-4) Held up behind leaders, ridden over 2f out, switched left and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, won going away, won at Newcastle 6f hcp (6) pol in Feb beating Due A Win (8-13) by 2 3/4l, 7 ran.
Equidae 33-1 (9-7) Raced far side of group, chased leaders, every chance 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, soon behind, tailed off, last of 11, 15 1/2l behind Tell'em Nowt (10-0) at Newcastle 6f hcp (6) pol in Jan.