slowly into stride, mid-division, carried slightly wide over 3f out, no impression
soon held up, not much room well over 3f out, soon struggling
early speed, soon in rear
prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon outpaced
chased leaders, hung right from over well over 1f out, soon chasing winner, held went slightly checked inside final furlong
held up, not much room briefly well over 3f out, some late headway, never a danger
took keen hold, no chance from halfway
always prominent, shaken up to lead over 1f out, ridden and hung right inside final furlong, ran on
led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
An obvious choice but La Colline looks the one for us here, with Dragon Flame for the forecast and Bellanora one of few who are likely to get into this sprint maiden. The selection showed plenty of promise at Windsor last week when overcoming a slow start to finish one length second to North Fleet on good to soft. She has at least shown that she handles cut and with plenty of improvement to come she looks more than capable of breaking her maiden. Dragon Flame has had a couple of soft ground experiences in defeat and has not looked particularly special, but at least runs to a level that suggests he will be in the frame here. Bellanora has handled cut in the past but has not seemed quite right in her past two or three starts and we would like to see more from her before she becomes a backable proposition, while little else makes any appeal and La Colline gets the confident vote.
Vibrato (USA) 12-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, chased winner final furlong, never able to challenge, 2nd of 13, 2 1/2l behind Cut Ridge (9-0) at Musselburgh 7f banded stk (7) gs.
Dragon Flame (IRE) 50-1 (8-8) Dwelt, soon recovered to chase leaders, hampered and lost place inside 1f, virtually pulled up over 2f out, last of 12, well behind Duke Of Milan (8-12) at Lingfield 6f 3yo app hcp (5) pol in Sept.
Indian Sundance (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden halfway and weakened final furlong, 8th of 18, 12l behind Monashee Brave (9-3) at Beverley 5f mdn stk (5) gs in Aug.
The Grey One (IRE) 20-1 (8-4) Chased leaders to halfway, soon weakened, last of 16, 17l behind The Cayterers (8-11) at Brighton 6f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in Sept.
Thornbill Gorse gelding, half-brother to US winner Twilight Miss.
Bellanora 50-1 (8-4) Raced far side, with leaders far side, led far side group 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 15th of 21, 10l behind Ten Shun (8-10) at Ayr 5f hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Sept.
La Colline (GER) 8-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, soon in touch, headway to chase winner to 2f out, ridden and every chance 1f out, held final 100 yards, 2nd of 13, 1l behind North Fleet (9-3) at Windsor 6f mdn stk (5) gs.
Left Nostril (IRE) 100-1 (8-7) Close-up, ridden halfway, one pace final 2f, 4th of 14, 9l behind Smile For Us (9-4) at Yarmouth 6f 3yo hcp (6) gf in Apr.
