went left start, held up in last pair, short lived effort far side over 1f out, soon beaten
chased leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon lost 2nd, kept on same pace inside final furlong, rallied pressing for 2nd, no chance with winner
held up in last trio, smooth headway near side over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, soon clear, ridden and ran on well
difficult loading, steadied start, pulled hard tracking leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, soon beaten
steadied and bumped start, took keen hold and held up in rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, nor reach leaders
held up in touch near side, niggled along halfway, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
chased leading pair, 2nd 2f out, led briefly over 1f out, chased winner, no impression final furlong, just held on for 2nd
led until over 2f out, weakened quickly
Handwoven has been placed in 11 of his 19 starts but, after almost ending his losing run here earlier in the month, didn't build on that at Hamilton last time. Tyrsal ran a shocker when favourite at Nottingham last month but Marweena isn't highly tried on her handicap debut and Reaffirmed wasn't beaten far over 6f here last time. LIBRA ROMANA was heavily punted at Kempton in January but only beat one home. She's been given plenty of time to recover and a switch to Turf can see this well-bred filly belatedly get off the mark.
Marweena (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) Tracked leaders on inside, not much room after 2f, driven over 2f out, soon ridden, never on terms, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 9l behind Zman Awal (8-9) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol in May.
Handwoven (IRE) 5-1 (9-3) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra when lost 2nd near finish, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Porthos Du Vallon (9-0) at Hamilton 1m 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gd.
Tyrsal (IRE) 3-1fav (8-4) Slowly into stride, took keen hold, held up, clipped heels and stumbled after 1f, headway on inside 4f out, chased leaders 3f out, weakened over 1f out, beaten when not much room on rail inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 16l behind Ice Slice (9-7) at Nottingham 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) gs in May.
Reaffirmed (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Held up mid-division, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Royal Brave (9-4) at Yarmouth 6f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
Palace Princess 20-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, towards rear, riden and headway over 1f out, one pace and no impression, 6th of 10, 5l behind Royal Brave (9-4) at Yarmouth 6f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) gf.
Libra Romana (IRE) 11-8fav (9-5) Held up behind, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, weakened towards finish, 5th of 6, 3 1/2l behind Royal Bushida (8-12) at Kempton 1m hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Jan.
Hot Amber (USA) 20-1 (8-5) In touch in rear, outpaced over 3f out, eased over 2f out, last of 7, well behind Musical Molly (9-1) at Southwell 6f 3yo hcp 0-65 (6) fbs.
Previous Acclaim (IRE) 16-1 (8-4) Tracked leaders in 3rd, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 8, 11l behind Kisanji (8-12) at Yarmouth 1m 1f 3yo app sll (6) gf.