held up, ridden halfway, outpaced 2f out, kept on final furlong
went left start, led 1f, tracked leader, ridden to lead again over 1f out, driven and headed inside final furlong, ran on
went right start, led after 1f, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace
hampered start, soon tracked leaders, ridden and found nil over 1f out, weakened final furlong
carried left start, keen soon in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven and ran on
held up, headway to track leaders 4f out, weakened over 2f out
ESAAR was a $500,000 purchase and was last seen when sixth at Newmarket in April but can be expected to have improved in the intervening period whilst Wear 'Em Out Wilf started slowly on debut but finished very well and showed some promise and Barq for the Godolphin yard could be a main player. A chance is taken with Barry Hills' option in this contest with his son Richard taking the ride. There is plenty of pace in the pedigree to suggest he can perform against this opposition and despite not performing quite as well as desired in his first three runs he can win here. Barq will benefit for a debut run on the all-weather at Wolverhampton last year and with Saeed Bin Suroor having a 29% record with three-year-olds here he has to remain in consideration. A market check may point the way regarding the chances of Wear 'Em Out Wilf but the winner of that contest has since only managed a sixth out of seven and this deflates that form somewhat. In a wide open maiden we go for Esaar.
Librettista (AUS) 11-2 (9-7) Took keen hold in 7th, ridden and struggling over 2f out, 7th of 13, 19l behind Mirror Lake (8-12) at Kempton 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Jun.
Lily Eva 40-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, last of 9, 33l behind Shakalaka (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Barq (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 12, 6l behind Bronze Prince (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Bizarrely (IRE) 13-2 (9-0) Mid-division, 6th on outer entering straight, good headway to dispute briefly 2f out, soon no extra and dropped to moderate 4th from 1f out, 4th of 11, 8l behind Bob Le Beau (8-11) at Naas 1m 2f mdn stks gd in May.
Esaar (USA) 9-4 (9-0) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden and hung right over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Balducci (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 3yo mdn (4) gd in Apr.
Waabel 12-1 (9-3) Held up, pushed along 3f out, some headway when ridden and edged right over 1f out, no impression, 8th of 10, 18l behind Linnens Star (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 3yo mdn (4) gf.
Wear 'em Out Wilf 10-1 (9-3) Very slowly away, behind, drifted to stand side rail from 2f out, ran on strongly towards finish, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Parvaaz (9-3) at Warwick 7f mdn stks (5) gf in Jun.
She's Untouchable Hawk Wing filly out of Zambezi.
Itum Bahamian Bounty gelding out of Petomi.
Jonny No Eyebrows 33-1 (8-12) Left in stalls, took not part, in a race won by Magenta Strait (8-7) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo sell stks (6) pol in Dec, 13 ran.
Tasza (USA) 50-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, held up in 7th, headway to modest 4th 3f out, ridden well over 1f out, no impression, 5th of 9, 16l behind Munsarim (9-0) at Haydock 1m mdn stks (5) gf.
