slowly into stride and soon behind, switched right and ridden over 3f out, effort 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent, ridden and effort over 2f out, weakened well inside final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leader, ridden and led over 2f out, clear final furlong, comfortably
held up, ridden 3f out, ran on to go 2nd over 1f out, no chance with winner
Starlarks can take advantage of this small field and land herself in the winners enclosure once again at the expense of Soul Sista and Buddy Marvellous. The selection broke her maiden tag at Newbury after showing promise on both her previous starts. She still looks like she could be improving and looks the form pick to win again. Of her rivals Soul Sista will pose as the biggest danger after showing decent form in the early part of the season. She landed a Beverly maiden in soft ground but has found life tough in handicaps since. That said she has performed with credit and has every chance back on a favoured soft surface. Buddy Marvellous comes from the Hannon stable and has shown some ability in his two races to date. The fact that he was sent off favourite last time when beaten into fifth place was slightly disappointing but with further improvement still to come he is worth noting. But for the winner we return to Starlarks.
Starlarks (IRE) 5-1 (9-0) Made all near side, led and overall leader, ran on gamely final furlong when pressed, driven out, won at Newbury 6f 2yo mdn fll (4) gf beating Acquiesced (9-0) by a shd, 13 ran.
Striding Edge (IRE) 3-1 (8-11) With leaders, led well over 3f out, shaken up over 1f out, readily, won at Great Leighs 6f 2yo mdn auc (6) pol in Jun beating Swingfire (8-8) by 2 1/2l, 7 ran.
Buddy Marvellous (IRE) 5-2fav (9-2) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 13, 8l behind Brierty (8-6) at Warwick 5f 2yo mdn auc (5) gf in May.
Soul Sista (IRE) 10-1 (8-7) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, one pace, 5th of 8, 5l behind Ridgeway Silver (7-5) at Salisbury 6f 2yo hcp (5) gf.
Black Skirt 25-1 (8-4) Behind, not much room and stumbled over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, 9th of 15, 6l behind Portugese Caddy (8-9) at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn auc (5) gf in Jun.
Alderbed 16-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 7th of 15, 11l behind Dark Mischief (9-3) at Windsor 6f 2yo mdn auc (5) gf in Jun.
Lislin 9-1 (8-4) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out, 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Striding Edge (8-11) at Great Leighs 6f 2yo mdn auc (6) pol in Jun.
