slowly into stride, always in the rear
soon chasing leaders, pulled up quickly 2 out
in touch, ridden and one pace from over 1f out
towards rear, brief effort over 1f out
mid-division, slightly hampered and lost place over 4f out
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, switched left to chase leaders and faded final furlong
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden and weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out to chase winner, one pace
slowly into stride, held up, switched left and headway over 2f out, slightly hampered, hung left after
The second maiden of the night sees more experience among the runners than in the opener, with only two debutantes running, and the one we like here is MAVERIN, who we prefer to Summers Target and Russian Spirit. Jeremy Noseda's colt has been regularly knocking on the door, albeit expensive to follow, being placed in his last three runs in this sort of race. He's handily drawn, and if his experience is ever going to tell it could be tonight. Summers Target seems to be improving, and if coming on again after a couple of runs this season ought to be involved. Richard Hughes on board could be a significant booking for Robert Cowell's only runner on the card, who's got a good high draw. Russian Spirit had one decent run as a two year old, but her breeding suggests she'll improve as she gets older, but a low draw would be a negative. Any support for newcomer Sutton Veny should be noted, given the yard's form and the impressive time Aussie jockey Claire Lindop's having here. The high draw is another plus. The market always needs to be watched in this sort of contest, but we'll give one more chance to Maverin.
Redlynch 66-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, soon outpaced, tailed off and eased final 3f, last of 10, well behind Very Well Red (8-6) at Southwell 1m clm stks 0-55 (6) fbs in Mar.
Rock Tech 80-1 (9-12) Slowly away and always in rear, 6th of 7, 17l behind Turning Top (8-12) at Warwick 7f mdn stks (5) gf.
Viva Averti 50-1 (9-10) Slowly away, behind, ran green halfway, never a factor, 8th of 11, 14l behind Rapid Water (9-0) at Salisbury 6f mdn stks (5) gf in May.
Academy of War (USA) 16-1 (9-3) Dwelt, slowly away, headway to chase leaders halfway, ridden 2f out, weakened, hung left over 1f out, 6th of 12, 13l behind Master Rooney (9-3) at Leicester 6f 2yo mdn (4) gs in Oct.
Akabar 16-1 (9-3) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 14, 12l behind Sioux Rising (8-12) at Pontefract 6f 3yo mdn (5) gd in May.
A Lot Of Red (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Chased leading trio, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 12, 31l behind In Footlights (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 3yo mdn (4) gf.
Guga (IRE) 66-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, behind, ridden along 3f out, soon struggling, tailed off over 1f out, last of 11, 34l behind Mull Of Killough (9-3) at Warwick 7f 3yo mdn (5) gf in Apr.
Maverin (IRE) 4-7fav (9-3) Prominent, ridden along halfway, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 15, 2l behind New Leyf (9-3) at Ripon 6f 3yo mdn (5) gd.
Summers Target (USA) 5-1 (9-0) In touch, headway over 1f out, ridden and close up soon after, one pace, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Intolerable (9-0) at Lingfield 6f mdn stks (5) gf.
Croeso Ynol Medicean filly out of Croeso Croeso.
Rosie Two 33-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, 7th of 10, 11l behind Wotasparkler (9-0) at Warwick 6f fll mdn stks (5) gd.
Russian Spirit 16-1 (9-0) Tracked leader until halfway, ridden to chase leader again over 2f out till over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 5th of 17, 6l behind Sariska (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo stks (4) gs in Nov.
Sutton Veny (IRE) Acclamation filly out of Carabine.
Milldown Story 28-1 (8-12) Mid-division, shifted left and stayed on from 2f out, 6th of 11, 4l behind Dubai Legend (8-9) at Salisbury 6f mdn stks (5) gf in May.
