prominent to halfway
held up in rear, switched right and headway over 1f out, soon ridden, led inside final furlong, ran on
chased leaders, challenged 2f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, no headway
led 5f, soon not much room and weakened
chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
with leader, led 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, not quicken
prominent, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, eased inside final furlong
mid-divison, behind final 3f
steadied start, held up and behind, headway on inside over 1f out, never dangerous
held up, ridden over 1f out, hung left and stayed on inside final furlong, never near leaders
Nonrunner
Tina's Best is selected but it's not easy to choose between this tightly matched field of fillies. Oat Cuisine keeps going up in the weights for getting beaten, Support Fund and Poppys Rose are fairly exposed and face several rivals who are open to improvement. There are several here for whom market support would be encouraging and they include Give Her A Whirl, Orpen Fire, the locally trained Twiglet and Never Catcher all of whom a case could be made for. Instead, we'll side with Tina's Best who was, herself, the subject of a gamble at Folkestone last week. She let down her backers that day but may not have raced on the best of the ground and only tired close home. That was her first run of the season so she's entitled to come on for it and connections clearly feel that she's capable of winning from her current mark. In a tricky affair, that's enough for us to side with Tina's Best.
Oat Cuisine 4-1fav (9-1) Chased leader, ridden 2f out, driven and stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Dinner Date (9-1) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-65 (6) pol in Apr.
Support Fund (IRE) 11-2 (9-3) Mid-division, headway to lead 1f out, headed near finish, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Napoletano (8-10) at Brighton 7f hcp 0-65 (6) gd in Apr.
Poppy's Rose 14-1 (8-13) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, no extra final furlong, 9th of 18, 17l behind Blue Spinnaker (9-6) at Thirsk 1m hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Apr.
Pragmatist 13-2 (8-10) Held up, ridden halfway, headway 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 8l behind Scarlet Oak (8-8) at Leicester 6f fll hcp (5) sft in Oct.
Give Her A Whirl 14-1 (8-5) Close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 6th of 8, 10l behind Ishetoo (8-4) at Haydock 5f 3yo hcp (4) gf in Jun.
Luck Will Come (IRE) 7-2 (9-3) Led early, tracked leader, led well over 1f out, ridden entering final furlong, soon headed, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Metropolitan Chief (8-9) at W'hampton 7f 3yo hcp (6) pol in Sept.
Mugeba 9-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, chased leaders after 1f, ridden halfway, went 3rd over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 5l behind Miltons Choice (9-0) at Folkestone 6f app hcp (6) gs in Apr.
Red Amaryllis 10-1 (9-4) Led, driven and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 6l behind Binfield (9-3) at Kempton 7f 3yo fll hcp 0-100 (6) pol in Apr.
Orpen Fire (IRE) 6-1 (8-9) Raced keenly, prominent, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 3 1/2l behind Hilbre Court (9-2) at W'hampton 1m 1f nov stk (5) pol in Nov.
Twiglet (IRE) 12-1 (8-7) Led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded, 2nd of 5, 5l behind Queen of Naples (8-10) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn fll (5) pol in Apr.
Hasty Lady 10-1 (8-12) Close up, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 10, 16l behind Centenerola (8-12) at Doncaster 7f mdn fll (4) gs in Apr.
Affirmatively 10-1 (9-3) Mid-division, ridden and no impression over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 12, 9l behind Little Knickers (8-10) at Lingfield 7f 3yo fll hcp 0-100 (5) pol in Apr.
Never Catcher (IRE) 40-1 (8-7) Held up in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, soon one pace, 5th of 11, 11l behind Jaser (9-2) at Nottingham 1m 3yo hcp (4) sft in Apr.
Tina's Best (IRE) 7-2 (8-12) Prominent, ridden halfway, chased winner from 2f out until inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Luminous Gold (9-2) at Folkestone 6f fll hcp (5) gs.
