held up in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, not reach leaders
slowly into stride, behind, outpaced halfway
slowly into stride, held up in rear, pushed along 3f out, stayed on final furlong, never dangerous
held up in touch, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace final 2f
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, pushed along halfway never dangerous
held up, headway 6f out, pushed along 3f out, chased leader over 1f out, edged right final furlong, ran on to lead close home
keen, tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden 3 lengths clear over 1f out, headed and unable to quicken close home
with leader, ridden and every chance 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Sunset Mirage, al the better for a run three weeks ago, can take this at the expense of Talwandi and New Morning. Ed Dunlop's filly shaped with a great deal of promise behind the hotpot Bayhirr on her Leicester return and should be on the mark over this slightly longer trip. Talwandi finished sixth behind the selection and appears held although he too should improve for the run. New Morning has a lot to live up to, being a full-sister to Islington and Greek Dance, and may do better than on her racecourse introduction at Ayr last October when she failed to justify favouritism after being slowly away. She too will be expected to pay her way over middle-distances this term and can go close. Of the rest, Modesta, a half-sister to Reams of Verse, is worth a mention. Fourth to the highly rated Winds Of March on her Newbury debut, Henry Cecil's filly should be good enough to take a maiden in due course. On this occasion though, we prefer the claims of Sunset Mirage.
