held up behind leaders, headway to go 2nd over 2f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader until ridden and weakened well over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, edged right inside final furlong, just failed
prominent, headway over 2f out, ridden and one pace final furlong
led, headed over 1f out, ridden and edged left 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
ran green and outpaced, headway to lead on inside well over 1f out, headway on inside well over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, just held on
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
Lady Erica, Straffan, and Goldhill Prince are three against the field in this claimer and the vote goes to Lady Erica. The selection was a fair second on the AW on her debut at Southwell behind Nova Tor before being slightly disappointing on turf in the hope that the switch to this surface brings out some improvement she is taken to score. Straffan rates the main danger on his latest third behind Why Harry but he has yet to race on the AW and for that reason he is passed over on this occasion. Goldhill Prince is another worthy of respect but he has been well beaten in a maiden seller and will need to improve to score. Of the remainder Shish is a filly by Rossini and will not need to be anything special to score on her debut but for the winner we return to the more experienced Lady Erica.