chased leaders, outpaced over 2f out, driven and stayed on inside final furlong
reared start, held up, pushed along halfway, weakened over 1f out
led, headed over 3f out, weakened quickly
slowly into stride, held up in touch, ridden and every chance over 1f out, unable to quicken
slowly into stride, held up, headway on outside 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, impressive
raced freely, prominent, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up, pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous
held up mid-division, ridden and one-paced final 2f
always prominent, led over 3f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, weakened
held up in touch, ridden and one-paced final furlong
Not the strongest of Newmarket maidens and a slight TEAMtalk preference goes to the once-raced Wondrous Joy who shaped up nicely in a falsely run race at Salisbury where despite starting slowly and racing on the wrong side still managed to to get within five lengths of the winner. She is taken to improve on that effort and may prove hard to beat. Tease is the most exposed of these runners and has some useful form to her name but her lack of finishing speed means she may have to settle for minor honours. Swiftmix has been highly tried on her first two starts suggesting connections rate her highly. She showed signs of greeness on both her starts but may ready to give a proper account of herself. Chaffinch is a well-bred filly and comes from an in-form yard. Market support for this daughter of Lear Fan will speak volumes for her chances and has Richard Hughes on board. John Gosden always does well in these sort of races and his stable is firing at present. He is represented by Echoes In Eternity and Felicity with the jockey booking suggesting the former holds the best chance.
