held up towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous
tracked leaders, ridden 1f out, kept on and held towards finish
tracked leaders, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, held on well towards finish
in touch, pushed along over 2f out, kept on same pace
led, pushed along over 3f out, headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
Sea Youmzain finished second on both starts last year but steps up in trip along with most of these. Queen Of Connaught finished a modest fourth over 1m2f at Chelmsford last time and Strictly Magic wasn’t beaten that far when only fifth over 1m3f at Kempton. But SARVI finished only a length behind the winner when fourth at Lingfield on her recent debut and Marco Botti’s filly gets the speculative vote. Phantasmic can only improve from last year’s poor debut effort while breeding suggests the newcomer Kehal should stay the distance.
Enchanting Enya (IRE) 150-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, behind, struggling over 4f out, no chance with leaders after, 6th of 7, 33l behind Yabass (9-6) at Ripon 1m 4f stks (5) sft in Apr.
Phantasmic (USA) 12-1 (9-0) Always towards rear, 11th of 14, 15 3/4l behind Flora Sandes (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m fll stks (4) pol in Nov.
Queen Of Connaught 14-1 (8-8) Tracked leaders, ridden and kept on same pace inside final furlong, 4th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Espadrille (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f fll stks (4) pol in Mar.
Sarvi 4-1 (8-9) Slowly away, in rear, switched right 3f out, wide on last bend, ran on final 100 yards, almost took 3rd post, 4th of 7, 1 1/4l behind Albizzia (10-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f fll stks (5) pol in Apr.
Sea Youmzain (IRE) 8-11fav (8-11) Tracked leaders, driven 3f out, soon outpaced, ridden and stayed on to take 2nd entering final furlong, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 6, 6l behind I'm Improving (9-2) at Redcar 1m 1f stks (5) sft in Oct.
Strictly Magic (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Held up towards rear, headway and switched right 2f out, never on terms, 5th of 12, 2 1/4l behind Folies Bergeres (8-7) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn fll stks (6) pol in Mar.
Kehal (IRE) High Chaparral filly out of Tamazug.