led to halfway, soon weakened
towards rear, headway over 1f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, headway over 1f out, chased winner inside final furlong, kept on
close up, led halfway, edged left over 1f out, kept on
slowly away, behind and outpaced
chased leaders, ridden entering final furlong, kept on
mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace
Robsdelight has already had three runs on Turf this season and showed he was still progressing with a narrow defeat over this trip at Doncaster on Saturday. Mr Gent almost won a Kempton nursery in December but couldn't justify favouritism when tackling Tapeta at Wolverhampton and looks a bit exposed. Destinata made a promising start at Kempton but ran poorly on her next start at Newcastle which didn't look her form. Maggie Jonks has only beaten one home in her two starts so it would be no surprise to see this moderate maiden go to a newcomer and EKANSE fits the bill. A 50,000gns foal, he made 170,000gns as a yearling and is related to seven winners, most of them decent.
Alabanza 28-1 (9-2) Bumped start, towards rear, struggling over 3f out, 9th of 11, 14 1/4l behind Gowanbuster (9-2) at Newcastle 6f stks (4) pol in Nov.
Diplomacy (IRE) 17-2 (9-2) Held up in touch, switched left over 2f out, driven in 4th over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 8 1/4l behind Up Sticks And Go (9-2) at Redcar 7f stks (5) sft in Nov.
Ekanse (IRE) Society Rock colt out of Esterlina.
Mr Gent (IRE) 2-1fav (9-7) Mid-division, headway on outside chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, soon weakened, 7th of 9, 5 1/4l behind Blacklooks (9-11) at Wolverhampton 7f (5) pol in Dec.
Robsdelight (IRE) 10-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, challenged over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, ridden and kept on well under pressure inside, edged right towards finish, just held, 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind Ornamental (9-1) at Doncaster 7f mdn stks (4) sft in Apr.
The Mekon Red Jazz colt out of Date Mate.
Wicklow Warrior Sleeping Indian gelding out of Vale Of Clara.
Destinata 3-1 (8-8) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened, 5th of 9, 13l behind Blue Harmony (8-9) at Newcastle 7f stks (6) pol in Nov.
Maggie Jonks 80-1 (9-0) Led early, close up, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong, 9th of 10, 9l behind Timpani (9-0) at Newmarket 7f fll stks (5) gf in Oct.
Orsay Champs Elysees filly out of Umlilo.