held up in rear, weakened over 3f out, tailed off
held up mid-division, weakened over 3f out, tailed off
held up mid-division, driven along over 5f out, soon weakened, tailed off
prominent, pushed along over 6f out, weakened over 4f out, tailed off
dwelt, soon close up, went 2nd over 5f out, chased winner and clear of remainder well over 2f out, no extra final furlong
slowly into stride, held up, moderate headway over 3f out, soon beaten
made all, clear over 2f out, ridden along approaching final furlong, eased close home
held up, kept on for remote 3rd over 1f out, never near to challenge
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
Hypotenuse is taken to account for Latanazul and Last Dance. The selection finished seventh in a hot back-end maiden at headquarters and with plenty of Oaks entries ahead of her, there was no disgrace at all in her finishing position. Latanazul has made an unfortunate habit of finishing second in her races but she sets the benchmark in this race. Last Dance is of obvious interest in the event of any money for her. A daughter of Sadler's Wells, her mother needed plenty of cut in the ground to be at her most effective. White Moss can be expected to build upon an inauspicious debut at Wolverhampton while the sparklingly well bred, Blue Denim can be forgiven for needing her first run at Southwell. Wild Gardenia didn't appreciate forcing tactics first time out so it will be interesting to see what is tried here. It is difficult to be confident when attempting to estimate improvement over the winter but it will be a severe disappointment if Hypotenuse has not trained on.
Astarte 33-1 (8-7) Pulled hard, weakened over 2f out, 11th of 12, 17l behind Flower of Kent (9-0) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Nov.
Blue Denim 7-1 (8-5) Slowly into stride, behind, headway over 4f out, soon pushed along, no impression, 7th of 13, 23l behind Cedar Mountain (9-13) at Southwell 1m 3f mdn stk (5) fbs.
Fancy Woman 80-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, hampered start, always well behind, last of 20, 22l behind Measured Tempo (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) sft in Oct.
Hypoteneuse (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Prominent, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 20, 8l behind Measured Tempo (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) sft in Oct.
Last Dance Sadler's Wells filly, half-sister to winners from 7f-1m4f.
Latanazul 10-11fav (8-12) Tracked leaders, headway 4f out, led 3f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, kept on same pace, 2nd of 15, 1 1/2l behind Jeer (9-3) at Ripon 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Apr.
White Moss (IRE) 33-1 (8-5) Mid-division, headway and hung right over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, 7th of 13, 8l behind Cosmodrome (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn fll (5) pol in Apr.
Wild Gardenia 15-2 (9-0) Prominent, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 12, 7l behind Flower of Kent (9-0) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Nov.
