raced keenly, led until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
raced keenly chasing leaders, went 2nd 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd final 100 yards
stated slowly, held up and keen, headway into 4th inside final 2f, 3rd when not much room on rail inside final furlong, went 2nd final 100 yards, led post
edgy and gave problems loading, chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leader, led and hung left over 1f out, soon ridden, headed post
Formerly trained in France, CITY OF LOVE just missed out in a handicap at Chelmsford last week on only her second outing for David Lanigan. She’s taken to go one better at this level now rated 74 which is a decent standard for the newcomer Kahala Queen to aim at. The latter cost a whopping 525,000gns as a half-sister to six winners and any strong support in the betting could prove significant. Society Guest has placed over today’s trip but has plenty to find with the selection on these terms and the remainder are even harder to fancy.
Caledonian Gold 100-1 (8-7) Chased leaders, ridden over 3f out, lost place over 1f out, last of 8, 11 1/4l behind Holdenhurst (8-8) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (5) pol in Sep.
City Of Love 14-1 (9-7) Keen raced wide close up in rear, ridden over 1f out, headway inside final furlong, stayed on close home, 2nd of 5, nk behind Zafaranah (9-12) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp fll (5) pol in Sep.
Highland Sun (IRE) Helmet filly out of Cintsa Sun.
Kahala Queen (IRE) Shamardal filly out of Whazzis.
Petit Bay 33-1 (8-11) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, never a threat, 6th of 14, 13 3/4l behind Farzeen (9-4) at Kempton 7f fll stks (5) pol in Aug.
Santana Slew 25-1 (8-11) Prominent, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 12, 18 1/4l behind Absolutio (9-2) at Southwell 7f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Society Guest (IRE) 3-1 (8-10) Chased leader until over 2f out, ridden and went 2nd again over 1f out, stayed on same pace, no chance with winner, lost 2nd towards finish and 3rd post, 4th of 12, 11 1/4l behind James Park Woods (9-1) at Chester 1m stks (4) sft in Sep.
Loretta (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 10 1/4l behind Mutafawwig (9-2) at Doncaster 6f stks (5) sft in Aug.