took keen hold early tracking leaders on inside, headway on inner to 2nd well over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, edged right final 100 yards, stayed on
chased leaders on outside, ridden and weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, soon pushed along and in touch, pushed along 4f out, soon weakened and behind from halfway
pressed leader, pushed along and chance 2f out, soon ridden and lost 2nd, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up in last pair, outpaced over 2f out, headway on inside over 1f out, soon ridden, 4th and one pace final furlong
led, ridden 2f out, driven and pressed over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on same pace, kept on for 2nd
held up in touch, wide straight, headway on outside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong no threat
slowly into stride, outpaced in rear, ridden 4f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to get involved
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, closed on 2nd but not pace of winner
Constantine was less than convincing when attempting today's trip for the first time and maiden race winner Sweet P makes more appeal. Excellent Royale is preferred to the more exposed Madame Mirasol while soft ground was against Baileys Forever last time and she has claims on her earlier win at Thirsk. Nothing went right for CAPTAIN SECRET in much better company at Newmarket recently, but she'd landed a double including a win at Kempton before that. Marco Botti's filly gets the nod in a tight handicap.
Constantine 12-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders on inside, ridden over 1f out, hanging left and no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 11, 5l behind Never To Be (8-13) at Kempton 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Oct.
Captain Secret 10-1 (8-3) Not much room start, soon tracking leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, last of 12, 27l behind Autumn Lily (9-7) at Newmarket 7f 2yo fll hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Baileys Forever 14-1 (9-3) Prominent, ridden when weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 27l behind Firecruise (9-4) at Yarmouth 7f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Oct.
Sweet P 3-1 (8-8) Tracked leader, challenged over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on to go clear inside final furlong, won at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Oct beating Mr Wickfield (8-13) by 2 1/4l, 7 ran.
Jeremos (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, raced wide early, soon recovered to chase leaders, pushed along in 4th over 2f out, wide on home turn, soon weakened, 5th of 8, 13l behind Hunters Creek (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Aug.
Madame Mirasol (IRE) 33-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, led inside final furlong, headed closing stages, no extra, 2nd of 13, nk behind Zugzwang (9-1) at Lingfield 7f 2yo hco 0-75 (5) pol.
Excellent Royale (IRE) 80-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, faded final furlong, 7th of 13, 6l behind Seagull Star (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 2yo mdn (4) gf in Oct.
Thundering Cloud (IRE) 20-1 (9-0) Held up mid-division, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Terhaab (9-0) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Penny's Boy 33-1 (8-6) Held up, ridden over 1f out, kept on towards finish, never nearer, 6th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Outback Traveller (8-11) at Lingfield 6f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Oct.
