held up towards rear, pushed along halfway, ridden over 2f out no impression, until edged left and kept on final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, ran on final furlong, gaining on winner near finish
made all, ridden clear over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, just held on
tracked winner, ridden 4f out, lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
alway in rear, ridden halfway, behind from over 2f out
There are some interesting newcomers in this small field, any one of whom could easily be good enough to win, including Beggar's Opera, Beneath and Omaruru, but Clive Brittain has his string in fine form right now and GUMND showed enough on his reappearance at Lingfield last month when chasing home Rebel Soldier to suggest that he will be tough to beat in this company and he gets the vote. Harry Dunlop's Gems was well held on her debut and is hard to recommend, while the other filly in the field, Roxy Spirit, makes limited appeal first time up. John Gosden's Singspiel colt Beggar's Opera makes plenty of appeal on pedigree on his debut, although he is likely to be seen to better effect over further. Pat Eddery saddles a son of Dansili in Beneath, who is also laden with stamina in his pedigree being out of a Rainbow Quest mare, while Mark Johnston's runners always warrant respect and his runner, Omaruru, is no exception being by Cape Cross out of an Indian Ridge mare. Gumnd has shown a decent level of form so far though and Clive Brittain's colt looks the one to be on.
Beggar's Opera (IRE) Singspiel colt out of Hannda.
Beneath Dansili colt out of Neath.
Gumnd (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Raced wide close up, went 2nd over 4f out, ridden to lead briefly over 1f out, soon outpaced by winner, 2nd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Rebel Soldier (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Omaruru (IRE) Cape Cross colt out of Monturani.
Gems 8-1 (8-3) Dwelt, always behind, struggling halfway, 6th of 10, 11l behind Peadar Miguel (8-8) at Kempton 1m mdn auc stks (6) pol in Feb.
Roxy Spirit (IRE) Cape Town filly out of Preston Music.