raced keenly, pressed leader, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, no extra close home
chased leaders on outside, edged right inside final furlong, ran on strongly towards finish, just failed
off the pace and always towards rear
slight lead on rail, headed over 1f out, weakening when hampered and eased inside final furlong
with leaders, ridden to lead and edged left over 1f out, strongly pressed and held on gamely near finish, all out
dwelt, soon chasing leaders on outside, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened inside final 2f
walked to post, chased leaders on rail, weakened inside final furlong
held up off the pace towards rear, closer in mid-division halfway, switched right over 1f out, no impression when hung right inside final furlong
held up off the pace in mid-division, headway on outside over 1f out, soon hung right, never going pace to get on terms
slowly into stride, well off the pace in last pair on rail, switched left and headway over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, finished well, not quite get up
stumbled start, outpaced and always in rear
Progressive last season, LEODIS DREAM (NAP) began this year where he left off when showing further improvement to win at Thirsk on his handicap debut. There looks plenty more to come from David O’Meara’s charge though Mutawaffer may finish closer to the selection today having blown his chances with a poor start at Thirsk. Kurious wasn’t disgraced in Pattern company last term despite failing to threaten and this could be more her level while Dancing Warrior finished a credible third in Listed company in France when last in action in October. Good Luck Fox won a novices’ race over track and trip in August and Recon Mission is a dual winner in Ireland debuting for new connections while both Prince of Rome and Reticent Angel showed plenty of speed on the all-weather last season.
Recon Mission (IRE) 5-1fav (9-7) Prominent in centre, pushed along and edged left under 2f out, ridden to go 3rd 1f out, no impression inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 14, 3 1/4l behind Chicago May (8-10) at Naas 6f Good - Yielding in Oct.
Kurious 5-2fav (9-0) Led 1f, tracked winner, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Angelic Light (9-0) at Newmarket 6f lst fll stks (1) sft in Nov.
Oberyn Martell 16-1 (9-1) Close up, ridden 2f out, weakening when short of room over 1f out, last of 11, 17l behind Top Breeze (8-9) at Newmarket 6f hcp (2) gf in Apr.
Good Luck Fox (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Not much room start, towards rear far side, well beaten final 2f, 18th of 22, 10 1/2l behind The Great Heir (8-9) at Doncaster 7f stks (2) gd in Sep.
Leodis Dream (IRE) 3-1fav (9-3) Tracked leader, led entering final 2f, ridden out, won at Thirsk 5f hcp (3) gf in Apr beating Princess Power (8-12) by nk, 10 ran.
Dancing Warrior (8-9) 3rd of 12, 3 1/2l behind Poetry (8-9) at Chantilly 5f lst stks in Oct.
Prince of Rome (IRE) 33-1 (9-1) Always towards rear, 12th of 14, 9 3/4l behind Sergei Prokofiev (9-1) at Newmarket 5f Grp 3 stks (1) gf in Oct.
Mutawaffer (IRE) 7-2 (9-4) Fly leapt start and went badly left start and lost all chance, 8th of 10, 6 1/2l behind Leodis Dream (9-3) at Thirsk 5f hcp (3) gf in Apr.
Reticent Angel (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Chased winner, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, ran on towards finish, 3rd of 10, 1/2l behind Probability (9-4) at Kempton 6f hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Mawde (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Prominent, pushed along 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 5, 20 1/4l behind Garrus (8-12) at Nottingham 5f stks (3) gf in Apr.
Pass The Gin 25-1 (8-0) Mid-division, lost place over 2f out, soon outpaced and behind, 18th of 21, 23 1/4l behind Summer Daydream (8-9) at Redcar 6f lst (1) gd in Oct.
Michaels Choice 11-2 (9-3) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, weakened inside final 100 yards, 8th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Tinto (8-12) at Kempton 6f (4) pol in Oct.
