held up in 5th, outpaced over 2f out, ridden 1f out, kept on same pace on outside final furlong, no impression
held up until headway to track leader after 2f, driven over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, no impression final furlong
raced in last pair, outpaced over 4f out, no chance with leaders
tracked leaders in 4th, headway on bit 2f out, challenged going well over 1f out, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, ridden out
keen early, held up in last pair, outpaced 3f out, weakened over 2f out
soon led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace
tracked leader 2f, held up in 3rd, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on under pressure inside final furlong
SHIELDMAIDEN went close on her debut on the turf here, but it was an even better effort to finish runner-up at Wolverhampton last time and she gets the nod to open her account today. Stars In Your Eyes was seven lengths behind the selection on her first start and stablemate House Of Mirrors could prove a bigger threat on his belated debut as he cost 390,000 dollars as a yearling. Nonaynever, Archelao and Mon Petit Bijou were all beaten out of sight in the same maiden at Nottingham last month and Empyrean has shown nothing so far. Heatherbird has place claims on her best form.
Archelao (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Always towards rear, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened 3f out, 7th of 12, 18l behind Kahraba (8-12) at Nottingham 1m 3yo mdn (5) gf in Oct.
Nonaynever 13-2 (9-3) Reluctant to load in stalls, started slowly, towards rear, pushed along and some headway over 3f out, never involved, 6th of 12, 18l behind Kahraba (8-12) at Nottingham 1m 3yo mdn (5) gf in Oct.
Empyrean (USA) 28-1 (8-12) Mid-division, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 9, 27l behind Inklet (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Aug.
Heatherbird 11-2 (8-12) Held up, ridden over 1f out, not trouble leaders, 9th of 12, 5l behind Green Wadi (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Oct.
Mon Petit Bijou 100-1 (8-12) Started slowly, ridden and struggling in rear 4f out, never a factor, tailed off, 11th of 12, 34l behind Kahraba (8-12) at Nottingham 1m 3yo mdn (5) gf in Oct.
Shieldmaiden (USA) 12-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, soon pushed along and headway over 7f out, led over 6f out, ridden and headed 2f out, chased winner and stayed on inside final furlong, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Whey Sauce (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn fll (5) pol.
Stars In Your Eyes 14-1 (8-12) Towards rear, headway on outside over 1f out, pushed along and stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 11, 7l behind Whey Sauce (8-12) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn fll (5) pol.
House Of Mirrors (USA) Medaglia D'oro colt out of Thousand Thrills.
