keen in touch in rear, outpaced halfway, kept on approaching final furlong, not trouble leaders
prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace
close up, slightly outpaced 4f out, good headway to join leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, asserted towards finish
held up, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and joined over 2f out, headed over 1f out, kept on same pace
Ghanaian ended last season with a second in a competitive nursery at Newmarket and stablemate Elnadwa scored at Wolverhampton in October. But both are making their seasonal debuts today and RUSSIAN ROYALE may have the beating of them on this occasion. She made a winning return over 6f here last month giving the impression today's trip would suit and Stuart Kittow's filly gets the vote. Perfect Haven ran a shocker at Newbury last time while Secretly has yet to match last year's debut effort at the same track in a couple of subsequent starts. This Is Nice finally opened her account in a Brighton maiden and will find this much tougher.
Perfect Haven 13-2 (9-6) Led until over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 12, 14l behind Annecdote (9-7) at Newbury 7f 3yo fll hcp 0-85 (4) gf in May.
Elnadwa (USA) 13-8fav (8-12) Always prominent, led over 1f out, ran on well, won at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Oct beating Mumeyez (9-3) by 2 1/4l, 10 ran.
Ghanaian (FR) 11-2 (8-5) Held up, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, ran on, 3rd of 12, 1l behind Annecdote (8-8) at Newmarket 7f 2yo fll hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Secretly 6-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on one pace, 4th of 10, 2l behind Saucy Minx (9-0) at Goodwood 7f mdn fll stks (5) gs in May.
Russian Royale 20-1 (8-12) Chased leaders on inside, ridden to challenge and edged left inside final furlong, edged left again and led post, won at Salisbury 6f fll mdn stks (5) gd in May beating It's Taboo (8-12) by ns, 13 ran.
This Is Nice (IRE) 7-4 (8-10) Made all, ridden over 1f out, kept on well final furlong, eased close home, unchallenged, won at Brighton 7f mdn stks (5) gs in May beating Dodina (8-10) by 1 1/2l, 5 ran.
Guishan 22-1 (8-12) Raced centre, in touch, ridden over 2f out, kept on, not trouble leaders, 6th of 15, 7l behind Hartwright (9-2) at Nottingham 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gs in May.