chased leader, ridden and challenged over 1f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division ridden and some headway 2f out, eased when beaten final furlong
keen hold early, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, challenged 1f out, no extra close home
slowly into stride towards rear, ridden and outpaced 2f out, switched left 1f out, ran on well final furlong to go 2nd close home
led, ridden over 3f out, headed 1f out, no extra final furlong
outpaced in rear early, ridden switched left and headway 2f out, ran on well to lead 1f out, driven clear final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
Nivelle put up a smart performance when scoring at Windsor last time, and is taken to follow up here. Of the rest, Beau Nash is an interesting newcomer, while the selections stablemate Charlie Tokyo and Mull Of Dubai both showed bags of promise on their debuts and merit close scrutiny also. Charlie Tokyo was a length ahead of Mull Of Dubai when making a winning debut at Windsor first time out, and both horses look to have a fair future. However, Nivelle looked s smart filly when making all at the same track on her second start. She clearly has bags of pace, but was not stopping that day and this extra furlong should be well within her compass. Peter Chapple-Hyam's horses have started to find the winners enclosure regularly in recent weeks and it would be no surprise to see the Barathea colt Beau Nash shape well on his debut, but it will take a good one to beat Nivelle and she gets a confident vote.
Charlie Tokyo (IRE) 10-3fav (8-9) Tracked leaders, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, ran on, readily, won at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gf in Jun beating Mull of Dubai (8-9) by 1l, 15 ran.
Beau Nash (USA) Barathea colt, half-brother to winning stayer Rouge Blanc.
Grantley Adams 11-4 (8-12) Dwelt, soon in touch and pulled hard, ridden to lead over 1f out, one pace well inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Zafantage (8-0) at Brighton 7f 2yo mdn aut (6) frm.
Mull of Dubai 33-1 (8-9) Hampered start, soon mid-division, headway over 1f out, ran on to take 2nd towards finish, 2nd of 15, 1l behind Charlie Tokyo (8-9) at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) gf in Jun.
Nivelle 12-1 (8-11) Crossed over and made virtually all, shaken up 1f out, ran on well, won at Windsor 5f 2yo fll mdn aut (5) gf in Jun beating Be My Charm (8-11) by 2l, 8 ran.
Catherines Cafe (IRE) 50-1 (8-2) Raced stands side, behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 15, 3 1/2l behind Lady Cree (8-10) at Nottingham 6f 2yo mdn fll aut (5) gd.
Straight As A Die 7-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders to 2f out, weakened quickly, last of 11, 21l behind Violette (8-11) at Bath 6f 2yo fll mdn aut (6) gf in Jun.
