went left start, held up behind, ridden 2f out, kept on from over 1f out, edged right entering final furlong, ran on
driven along in mid-division, headway on inside over 1f out, led final half furlong, driven out
started slowly, rear of main group, headway on inside over 1f out, briefly not clear run, ran on well to take 2nd close home
held up, ridden 2f out, hampered and checked over 1f out, badly hampered again inside final furlong, soon eased, unlucky
in touch, denied clear run from over 1f out, unable to challenge, unlucky
in touch, effort over 1f out, weakening when hampered inside final furlong
prominent, not clear run over 1f out, ran on well towards finish, gaining close home
pressed leader, every chance 1f out, no extra when edged left inside final furlong
behind, ridden over 2f out, no impression from over 1f out
started very slowly, detached in rear, lost touch after 2f, well behind, never dangerous
led, ridden 2f out, headed and edged left inside final half furlong, lost 2nd near finish
Muara gets a narrow vote over Twinned, with Desert Dust and Muktasb others to consider. An open affair to get proceedings under way can see Muara go one better than when just touched off in a handicap on the Southwell Fibresand seven days ago. David Barker's filly has yet to race on a Polytrack surface, but has been successful on fast ground on Turf in the past, so it should not be a problem. Twinned scraped home in a Wolverhampton claimer last time, and seems to be progressing slowly but surely, so is another with claims of a sort, while Desert Dust, Succeed and Davids Mark all met at Wolverhampton recently, with the first-named coming out on top narrowly. Succeed is weighted to prove best of the trio this time though, and along with Muktasb who would have a chance on his best form, makes for a hard one to call. The finger comes down on Muara.
Desert Dust 13-2 (9-5) Chased leaders, edged left and led inside final furlong, ran on, won at W'hampton 5f banded stk (7) pol beating Succeed (9-5) by a nk, 12 ran.
Muara 14-1 (9-0) Prominent, led inside final furlong, headed and no extra close home, 2nd of 14, hd behind Larky's Lob (8-7) at Southwell 5f hcap (6) fbs.
Muktasb (USA) 12-1 (8-10) Always towards rear, 9th of 16, 9l behind Petite Mac (8-2) at Carlisle 5f hcp 0-60 (6) gs in May.
Succeed (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Held up, headway 2f out, every chance inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 12, nk behind Desert Dust (9-5) at W'hampton 5f banded stk (7) pol.
Twinned (IRE) 25-1 (8-5) Chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran to lead well inside final furlong, won at W'hampton 5f clm (6) pol beating Gifted Lass (8-2) by a shd, 13 ran.
Davids Mark 10-3fav (8-10) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, switched inside final furlong, ran on, 3rd of 12, 3/4l behind Desert Dust (9-5) at W'hampton 5f banded stk (7) pol.
Campeon (IRE) 5-1 (9-2) Led to over 3f out, led again 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 12, 1 1/2l behind Desert Dust (9-5) at W'hampton 5f banded stk (7) pol.
Lady Hopeful (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Soon mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 12, 11l behind Desert Dust (9-5) at W'hampton 5f banded stk (7) pol.
