led, ridden 2f out, kept on until headed, no extra near finish
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, one pace and no impression final furlong
held up, headway 3f out, challenged 1f out, driven and stayed on well inside final furlong to lead near finish
raced keenly and soon in touch, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go 3rd towards finish, no impression on leading pair
with leader, outpaced 3f out, soon weakened, eased final furlong
Musical Mirage can beat the Channon pair Pires and Majuro, with the market best watched for the remainder. Musical Mirage caused something of a surprise when scoring at odds of 25-1 on her lest visit here, improving enormously on what she had shown on her Pontefract debut a fortnight earlier. There seemed no fluke about the success though, and she can prove that by following up here under Dean McKeown. Mick Channon had a runner back in fourth place in the above mentioned race, so he will have a line to work on, but the experienced Pires has to give weight to all and is beatable. Therefore his stablemate Majuro could be a bigger threat after his narrow Folkestone success a fortnight ago. He is bred to be effective over further next season and should be followed whatever his fate today. The winner should come from one of those mentioned, with Musical Mirage preferred.
Majuro (IRE) 17-2 (9-0) Slowly into stride, held up, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, pushed out, won at Folkestone 7f 2yo mdn aut (5) gf beating Little Miss Tara (8-12) by 3/4l, 8 ran.
Musical Mirage (USA) 25-1 (9-0) Held up, headway over 2f out, led 1f out, ran on final furlong, won at Redcar 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) gf beating Starbougg (9-0) by 4l, 13 ran.
Greek Envoy Diktat colt, half-brother to numerous winners up to 1m7f.
Monsieur Dumas (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, towards rear, never dangerous, 10th of 11, 12l behind Terry Molloy (8-11) at Carlisle 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gd.
Scarlet Baby 11-1 (9-3) Always towards rear, 13th of 14, 26l behind Alzerra (8-12) at Haydock 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Jun.
Pires 7-1 (9-0) Led until headed just over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 5th of 8, 3 1/2l behind Dubai's Touch (9-0) at Newbury 7f 2yo lst stk (1) gd.
Spirit of Ecstacy Val Royal filly out of an unraced mare.