towards rear, pushed along and headway over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
dwelt, hung right and raced wide soon tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace and lost 2nd inside final furlong
in rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden 2f out, not trouble leaders
in touch, pushed along, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong
close up, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, pushed along and headway 2f out, quickened to lead approaching final furlong, soon clear, eased towards finish, impressive
Lambada put last year's moderate efforts behind here with a convincing victory in a Gowran maiden and looks certain to make further progress. Doncaster maiden winner Sea Of Roses couldn't get close to the unbeaten Pensee Du Jour at Saint-Cloud but the winner looks something special. Infinite Cosmos, currently second favourite for the Oaks, was beaten a short-head in that Doncaster maiden and reappeared with an impressive success in a Newmarket maiden so there should be little between the pair. NOVAKAI ran a superb race in the Cheveley Park behind the odds-on Commissioning and her pedigree suggests she'll be much better suited by this trip so gets the vote in an interesting race. Gather Ye Rosebuds is related to numerous winners so it was a surprise when she went off at 33/1 at Newbury where she could hardly have been more impressive.
Empress Wu 16-1 (9-2) Raced wide, towards rear, pushed along and ran on strongly inside final furlong, led towards finish, ran on, comfortable, won at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov beating Silver Sword (9-7) by 2 1/4l, 13 ran.
Gather Ye Rosebuds 33-1 (9-2) Prominent, shaken up to lead over 2f out, went clear inside final furlong, impressive, won at Newbury 1m 2f mdn fll stks (4) sft in Apr beating Maman Joon (9-2) by 9 1/2l, 16 ran.
Infinite Cosmos (IRE) 8-11fav (9-2) Tracked leader, pushed along to lead approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Newmarket 1m 2f mdn fll stks (3) gd in May beating Strong Impact (9-2) by 4 1/4l, 8 ran.
Lambada (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Mid division, 7th halfway, progress into 3rd early straight, ridden to challenge 1f out, soon led and kept on well, won at Gowran Park 1m 2f mdn fll sft in Apr beating Astar (9-3) by 3 3/4l, 13 ran.
Midnight Mile (IRE) 12-1 (8-10) Angled out, late gain, 4th of 14, 4 3/4l behind Meditate (8-10) at Keeneland 1m fll gd in Nov.
Novakai 11-1 (9-2) Raced far side, led ridden over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, soon headed, stayed on, 2nd of 8, 1l behind Commissioning (9-2) at Newmarket 1m Grp 1 fll (1) gd in Oct.
Sea Of Roses 20-1 (8-13) Rear early, headway 2f out, ran on, 2nd of 8, 2 1/2l behind Pensee Du Jour (8-13) at Saint-Cloud 1m 2f Grp 3 stks sft in Apr.
Soul Sister (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Held up in mid-division near side of group, weakened over 2f out, behind and eased soon after, last of 12, 22 1/4l behind Remarquee (9-2) at Newbury 7f Grp 3 fll stks (1) sft in Apr.