chased leaders, hard ridden and slightly outpaced over 2f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, driven out
led after 1f, ridden and edged left over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, not quicken
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, ran on same pace
hampered on inside and lost place soon after start, in rear, ridden and headway well over 1f out, no impression on leaders when edged left inside final furlong
prominent, chased leader over 5f out until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out
soon prominent, chased leader 2f out, kept on
reared up leaving stalls and started slowly, hampered on inside over 3f out, always behind
always behind, edged left over 3f out
broke well, mid-division, ridden and no impression when flashed tail over 1f out
Piddies Pride seemingly showed improved form when chasing home Heartsonfire here over six furlongs last time and is sure to be popular with backers but she may not be suited by the return to seven furlongs and preference is for Velveteen Rabbit, who gets the vote over Transvestite. The last mentioned is a lightly raced son of Trans Island trained by John Hills who has a good record with his few runners on the all-weather. He has run well on his last two starts and is entitled to be thereabouts again. Bond Finesse showed promise in a maiden at Southwell last time but faces a stiffer task today in a handicap and a bigger threat may come top weight Nan Jan, who is by leading all-weather sire Komaite and ran promising on his first start on sand when third behind Louphole here over six furlongs earlier this month. Brian Meehan's Annatalia is another to consider but she is strictly held by Velveteen Rabbit on running here last week and John Gosden's filly is taken to come out on top again. The daughter of Singspiel was caught close home by Paparaazi that day and, off the same mark, she has an obvious chance of going one better.
