chased leader, weakened over 1f out
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders until lost place over 3f out
always towards rear
in touch, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon led, driven out
held up mid-division, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, soon weakened
held up, ridden and headway well over 1f out, chased winner approaching final furlong until one pace towards finish
led early, tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 2f out, one pace
slowly away, in rear, headway on inner over 2f out, soon ridden, chased winner inside final furlong, held towards finish
SUPER ACADEMY is an interesting newcomer from Jamie Osborne whose string are in decent form, and we'll tentatively side with her, in preference to a couple that have had one previous outing, Location and Foreign Investment. She's the yard's only runner, and having cost 90 thousand Euro, a return will be expected shortly. Marco Botti's Mosqueras Romance is the other debutante, who connections also spent a fair amount on, as a daughter of Rock of Gibraltar. Location has changed stables since making her debut last summer, and now runs for Ian Williams, who's coming here just for this race. Foreign Investment was slowly away on debut here last month, but made eye-catching progress to finish fourth, and the step up from six to seven furlongs looks a positive. Aegean Pride is the most exposed but has little appeal after not showing any great promise in six outings. Super Academy could be absolutely anything, but with minimum stakes she'd get our support.
Aegean Pride 25-1 (8-8) Soon tracking leader, ridden and close up 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 10, 7l behind Lady Aspen (9-0) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn fll (5) pol in Jan.
Camelot Queen 66-1 (9-9) Slowly into stride, always behind, ridden 3f out, soon struggling, 11th of 13, 19l behind Love Pegasus (8-9) at Kempton 1m mdn stk (5) pol.
Chantilly Jewel (USA) 16-1 (9-8) Led, headed 4f out, soon ridden, weakened over 2f out, 8th of 10, 12l behind Spiritual Healing (8-7) at Southwell 6f mdn stk (5) fbs.
Miss Medusa 100-1 (8-12) Mid-division, pushed along 3f out, soon struggling, tailed off, 11th of 13, 27l behind Pivka (8-12) at Lingfield 7f mdn stk (5) pol in Oct.
Foreign Investment (IRE) 28-1 (8-12) Slowly away, in rear, headway 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 12, 6l behind Pearl of Manacor (9-3) at W'hampton 6f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Jan.
Missed Mondays 8-1 (8-4) Led 5f, weakening when hung left over 1f out, 9th of 11, 14l behind Emeebee (8-12) at W'hampton 7f 2yo mdn auc (6) pol in Dec.
Mosqueras Romance Rock of Gibraltar filly out of Mosquera.
Perfect Honour (IRE) 66-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 8, 9l behind Premier Lad (9-3) at Southwell 6f 3yo mdn (5) fbs.
Super Academy (USA) Royal Academy filly out of Super Supreme.
Location 4-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, in touch, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 8l behind Gamila (9-0) at Nottingham 6f 2yo mdn fll (5) gf in Jul.