raced wide, tracked leaders, led halfway, clear with one other over 2f out, ridden and edged right over 1f out, rider dropped rein inside final furlong, driven out
slowly into stride, outpaced and behind
led 1f, tracked leader until ridden over 3f out, slightly outpaced over 2f out, went moderate 3rd near finish
led after 1f, ridden and headed halfway, weakened 2f out
raced wide, close up, outpaced halfway
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 3f out, clear with winner over 2f out, no impression final furlong
close up, switched to outer over 3f out, ridden to chase clear leading pair over 2f out, lost 3rd near finish
COMBE HAY’s ability to handle the track has to be taken on trust but she has the best piece of form with a second at Haydock in September and has been placed in all three starts. Phantom Dancer ran well for second in testing ground at Redcar on her debut and is preferred to stablemate Dusky Dawn, who was well beaten here earlier this month. Catalan makes her racecourse debut but Hughie Morrison has a decent strike rate with his three-year-old runners here and she could figure.
Dusky Dawn 25-1 (9-8) Dwelt, outpaced in rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 9, 12 1/2l behind Melendez (8-12) at Southwell 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Ogwen Valley Girl 150-1 (10-9) Held up towards rear, pushed along before halfway, never a factor, last of 9, dist behind Snow Leopardess (10-0) at Doncaster 2m 1f (6) gd in Feb.
Phantom Dancer (IRE) 15-2 (9-9) Keen, led after 2f, pushed along and headed over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, switched to centre over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, went 2nd near finish, 2nd of 6, 2 1/2l behind Albert Boy (8-11) at Redcar 1m 1f mdn stks (5) hvy in Apr.
Riverlynx (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Always towards rear, last of 11, 5 1/4l behind Caledonia Laird (9-6) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (6) pol in Feb.
Sparks (IRE) 40-1 (9-0) Dwelt, always behind, 12th of 13, 37 3/4l behind Brandybend (9-0) at Sandown 1m 2f mdn fll stks (4) gd in Apr.
Catalan (IRE) Duke Of Marmalade filly out of Twice The Ease.
Combe Hay (FR) (8-12) 2nd of 13, 7l behind Talismanic (9-2) at Compiegne 1m 1f mdn stks gs in Oct.