tracked leaders, driven over 4f out, weakened over 2, tailed off
tracked leaders and keen, led after 2f, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon hung left and one paced
held up, headway to go 2nd over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
led for 2f, tracked leader, ridden halfway, soon weakened, tailed off 3f out
towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon beat
Kismet Queen has shown enough in the past to land this bad race, with Mezereon and How's Things the pair to give her most to do. Chris Thornton's filly has had plenty of chances, and the fact that she will probably go off as favourite shows just how poor this is. She gets her best chance yet here though, receiving weight all round. An official mark of 50 puts her well ahead of most of these at the weights, with only Mezereon technically able to come out on top of her. James Given's filly took part in a Newmarket maiden last October but had her sights lowered considerably when reappearing in a seller at Carlisle two weeks ago, shaping not too badly in fifth. She is open to improvement but is likely to find the experience of Kismet Queen too much to cope with on this occasion.