held up, went 2nd over 8f out, pushed along over 2f out, 3rd and no impression on winner inside final furlong, kept on
prominent, steadied over 10f out, closed 3f out, led over 1f out, pushed clear inside final furlong, comfortably
prominent, led over 10f out, ridden 3f out, headed over 1f out, no impression on winner, kept on
soon led, headed over 10f out, outpaced over 3f out, well beaten final 2f
NAJEEBA was sent off favourite over track and trip on her reappearance and handicap debut and duly obliged. She beat a previous dual winner on that occasion and further progress is expected. Engrave has done all her winning so far over shorter trips at Chelmsford while Peripeteia has lost her way since scoring at the latter track in December. Rozalia has placed in novice company over track and trip but hasn’t raced since 2020.
Rozalia 12-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, 8th of 12, 6 1/4l behind Goldie Hawk (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp fll (4) pol in Oct.
Najeeba 11-8fav (9-4) Slowly into stride, hampered after 1/2f, mid-division, headway over 2f out, led entering final furlong, just held on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Mar beating Red Flyer (9-12) by hd, 8 ran.
Engrave 12-1 (8-11) Prominent, soon disputing lead, pushed along before 3f out, soon weakened, last of 6, 34l behind Lasting Legacy (9-3) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp fll (4) pol in Apr.
Peripeteia 33-1 (8-10) Raced wide tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out, 6th of 7, 15l behind Colinton (9-1) at Catterick 1m 4f hcp (5) gd in Apr.