slowly into stride, always behind
slowly into stride, keen, mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on
behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on to go 2nd close home
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, lost place and hampered over 4f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, went 2nd and edged left over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
mid-division, ridden halfway, soon weakened
prominent, led over 4f out, clear over 2f out, ran on
led, headed over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong
always behind
Maddies A Jem and Indian Steppes have returned to somewhere near their best and should figure in the finish here, but we will side with Emerald Fire. Andrew Balding's mare is having her first visit to Southwell but performed with credit on the all-weather at Lingfield last winter. She returned recently from a mid-summer break to put in two decent display at Salisbury and Leicester and off today's weight looks to have a tremendous chance. Indian Steppes ran well over course and distance, making a race of it with Freak Occurrence, going down by just a neck. If she repeats that effort she will be very hard to keep out of the frame. Maddies A Jem has had a very successful turf campaign, winning three times, and with decent form here in the past she is another that warrants respect. The pick of the others should be Cloud Dancer, but Emerald Fire looks well treated and gets the decision