chased leader over 1f, chased leaders, 2nd again halfway until over 2f out, weakened quickly
switched right after start, raced keenly off the pace in last pair, never a factor
went sharply left and lost ground start, outpaced and green in rear, pushed along out wide over 2f out, never dangerous
raced keenly, chased leader, led 5f out until 2f out, soon lost 2nd, weakened and lost modest 3rd close home
chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, went modest 3rd close home
raced keenly, led 2f, tracked leader until halfway, angled out over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd again inside final 2f, hung right and stayed on same pace, no chance with winner
raced keenly chasing leaders pushed along and weakened quickly over 2f out, soon behind, tailed off
held up in last trio, headway out wide chasing leaders 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, led and edged right 2f out, ran on well
chased leaders early, lost place and towards rear 4f out, plugged on in remote 5th final furlong
Alexandretta will be rightly popular and her owner/breeder will be very keen to gat a win out of the Sea The Moon filly for future paddocks value. She showed bundles of ability in two all-weather starts last term and may take this in her stride, but there is the obvious concern that she's not be seen for over 300 days. In contrast, PHOTON has suggested he has potential in both starts this season and looks a viable alternative. He's stayed on steadily on both occasions over this trip and should certainly be competitive. Mother Mary shaped nicely enough on her debut third at Nottingham and it would be dangerous to ignore the claims of Change Signs on a first start for Eve Johnson Houghton since leaving Paddy Twomey.
Fishermans Cottage 125-1 (10-2) Went left and stumbled start, raced keenly in 4th, pushed along 3f out, soon outpaced and weakened, last of 6, 35l behind Rajasthan (9-4) at Salisbury 1m 2f mdn stks (4) gf in Jun.
Bonnie Blandford 40-1 (9-9) Led, raced wide and edged left most of way, hung left and headed 2f out, weakened quickly, 6th of 8, 15 1/4l behind Lady Dreamer (9-3) at Windsor 6f fll stks (5) gf in Jul.
Baulac Fulbright gelding out of Nuptials.
Change Sings (IRE) 11-4fav (9-8) Prominent early, soon tracked leaders, 5th halfway, ridden 3f out, no extra 2f out, 7th of 11, 9 1/4l behind Empty Metaphor (9-8) at Limerick 7f mdn sft in Apr.
Photon (IRE) 28-1 (9-4) Prominent, pushed along over 2f out, went third inside final furlong, ran on, 3rd of 12, 3 3/4l behind New Business (9-4) at Kempton 7f stks (4) pol in Jun.
Alexandretta 6-4fav (9-2) Tracked leaders, closed 2f out, driven and pressing leaders 1f out, 3rd and no impression final 75 yards, 3rd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Red N Blue Candy (9-2) at Kempton 7f mdn fll stks (5) pol in Sep.
Ice Cream Castles 33-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, pushed along and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 11 1/4l behind Havana Pusey (9-2) at Nottingham 6f mdn fll stks (5) gf in May.
Mother Mary (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) Close up, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 6 3/4l behind Havana Pusey (9-2) at Nottingham 6f mdn fll stks (5) gf in May.
Show Of Hands 100-1 (9-2) Always in rear, well beaten final 2f, last of 10, 15 1/2l behind Imperial Dream (9-7) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Jun.
