led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, weakened well over 3f out
in touch, chased leaders and hung left over 2f out, soon hung right and weakened
slowly into stride, behind, struggling over 5f out, tailed off
held up, headway over 2f out, soon every chance, weakened final furlong
held up in touch, weakened over 3f out
tracked leader, driven to challenge over 3f out, weakening when bumped over 2f out
behind, headway over 3f out, stayed on, never dangerous
held up, headway over 3f out, led and hung left over 2f out, ridden clear final furlong
chased leaders, lost place over 4f out
Fiddlers Wood belied market odds of 16/1 when finding Under The Rainbow just half-a-length too good in the Zetland Stakes last week and can gain quick compensation here at the main expense of Marc of Brilliance and Dynacam. The last mentioned has shown only glimpses of ability in two starts on the all-weather but given her pedigree, and the fact that she is trained by Sir Michael Stoute, the chances are that the daughter of Dynaformer may do better now that she races on turf. Numeric was not beaten far on his debut here on soft ground and John Gosden's horses remain in good form so he has to be respected along with Mark Johnson's newcomer Maysoor, who is by Selkirk so may handle the ground. Stablemate King's Fable was well beaten on his Ayr debut under similarly testing conditions and is probably best watched and a bigger threat is likely to come from Godolphin's Marc of Brilliance, who has shown enough to suggest that he can win races but is not certain to handle today's testing conditions. After his effort in the Zetland, there are no such fears for Fiddlers Wood and he is taken to open his account.
Fiddlers Wood 16-1 (8-11) Led after 1f, ridden and headed 1f out, kept on, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Under The Rainbow (8-6) at Newmarket 1m 2f 2yo lst stk (1) sft in Oct.
King's Fable (USA) 11-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 7, 24l behind Bellsbank (8-9) at Ayr 7f 2yo mdn (5) hvy in Oct.
Marc of Brilliance (USA) 5-1 (9-0) In touch, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headway 2f out to chase winner, always held, 2nd of 7, 3 1/2l behind Jadalee (9-0) at Bath 1m 2f 2yo mdn (5) frm in Sept.
Maysoor Selkirk colt out of 1m4f winner Just Dreams.
Numeric (GER) 20-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 2l behind Qualify (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 2yo mdn (5) hvy in Oct.
October Sun 100-1 (9-0) Always in rear, 10th of 11, 23l behind Qualify (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 2yo mdn (5) hvy in Oct.
Allouette 66-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, always behind, 11th of 12, 18l behind Royal Proposal (8-11) at Nottingham 1m 2yo mdn fll (5) gd in Aug.
Chelsey Jayne (IRE) 25-1 (8-9) Behind, headway over 4f out, ridden 3f out, soon weakened, 8th of 13, 8l behind Taminos Love (9-0) at Bath 1m 2yo mdn (5) gs in Oct.
Dynacam (USA) 6-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, headway halfway, ridden and weakened final furlong, 12th of 14, 8l behind Sir Gerard (9-0) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Oct.
Queen of Diamonds (IRE) 100-1 (8-6) Outpaced and always well behind, 16th of 17, 36l behind Poseidon Adventure (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2yo mdn (4) gs in Oct.
Remember Ramon (USA) 50-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, behind, some headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 9, 6l behind Killybegs (9-0) at Newmarket 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Jul.
