in touch, not much room after 1f, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon hung left, ran on inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden and edged left over 1f out, one pace inside final furlong
slowly into stride, outpaced, ran on final furlong, nearest at finish
slowly into stride, not much room after 1f, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
slowly into stride, always behind
slowly into stride, not much room after 1f, always towards rear
mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, not much room and lost place after 1f, soon behind
led, ridden and headed 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
in touch, ridden halfway, soon weakened
soon mid-division, ridden over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong
chased leader, ridden over 2f out, led 1f out, driven out
Exit Smiling, Piddies Pride and Justenjoy Yourself look the ones to concentrate upon and the vote goes to the first named. Greg Chung's string have been running relatively well of late and having struggled to see out nine and latterly seven furlongs, the drop back to six should be very much in Exit Smiling's favour. Piddies Pride is modest but at least willing. She won a similar contest here in February and it wouldn't be the greatest of surprises if she were to go close. Justenjoy Yourself did well to win a banded stakes at the track from an unfavoured draw. She is better drawn this afternoon although Dishdasha reopposes her off 3lb better terms. Feminist has shown some promise in recent starts but will need luck in running from today's unfavoured draw. Rasseem is unbelievably a Godolphin cast-off now plying her trade for Micky Hammond. It's almost an embarrassment that this well-bred half-sister of Danetime has sunk so low from such lofty beginnings. Exit Smiling enjoys positive tactics and there should be no problems about the trip so he secures the nod today.
Exit Smiling 9-1 Led, ridden 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Keep Me Warm at W'hampton 7f 3yo clm (F4) pol in Feb.
Justenjoy Yourself 13-2 Mid-division, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, all out, won at W'hampton 6f stk (H5) pol in Feb beating Dishdasha by a hd, 10 ran.
Piddies Pride (IRE) 12-1 Raced wide, close up, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out, 4th of 7, 2l behind Worth Abbey at Lingfield 7f 3yo clm (F4) pol.
Dishdasha (IRE) 5-1 Prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, just held, 2nd of 10, hd behind Justenjoy Yourself at W'hampton 6f stk (H5) pol in Feb.
Chicago Nights (IRE) 8-1 Chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened well over 1f out, 8th of 13, 12l behind Little Biscuit at Southwell 5f 2yo sll (G4) fbs in Dec.
Feminist (IRE) 8-1 Led to 2f out, prominent until weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 12l behind Goldhill Prince at Lingfield 5f 3yo sll (G4) pol in Feb.
Kilmovee 12-1 Mid-division, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 13, 10l behind Straffan at W'hampton 6f 3yo clm (F4) pol in Jan.
Rasseem (IRE) 40-1 Prominent and keen, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 13, 4l behind Piddies Pride at W'hampton 6f sll (G4) pol in Feb.
