held up in mid-division, steady headway from 4f out, effort on inside to chase leaders over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
mid-division, weakened 5f out
always rear division
in touch, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in rear, headway into mid-division over 3f out, no real further progress
chased leaders over 7f
tracked leader, led over 5f out until over 2f out, soon weakened
held up in mid-division, steady headway to track leaders from 5f out, went 2nd over 2f out, still every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
never reached beyond mid-division
led until 5f out, weakened rapidly
behind until moderate headway final 3f
tracked leaders, went 2nd 5f out, led over 2f out, hard ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
held up in rear until ridden and passed weakening rivals final 3f
A poor race in which Missie Baileys is tried at the expense of Treetops Hotel and Irish Ballad. Missie Baileys has been tried over two miles in past and while that experiment had mixed success, she looks better over today's trip and at the likely odds, we are prepared to give Linda Mongan's charge the verdict. Treetops Hotel is in fantastic form and has took his last two races on the spin. Brett Johnson has booked a claimer to take off some of the extra weight so it will be interesting to see how the market responds. Irish Ballad won over 1m6f at Wolverhampton after connections had took their chances over further. The jury is out over a further drop in trip. Lolla's Spirit may have finished closer to Treetops Hotel on their last meeting if given a much more positive ride and Andrew Elliott replaces the previous rider. The Iron Giant started his days with Aidan O'Brien although a record of 0 from 15 for the sometime hurdler is off-putting. Mister Completely has yet to sparkle for new connections while Maximix has an intresting jockey booking. Missie Baileys will be a price and we are prepared to take on the likely favourites.
Treetops Hotel (IRE) 7-2 (9-9) Mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden to lead just over 1f out, driven clear inside final furlong, won at Lingfield 2m hcp 0-65 (6) pol beating Wait For The Will (9-5) by 2l, 13 ran.
Agilete 5-1 (9-8) Held up mid-division, chased leaders over 4f out, one pace final 2f, 5th of 13, 7l behind Light Sentence (8-9) at Redcar 1m 3f sll (5) gd in Sept.
Competitor 33-1 (9-2) Mid-division to rear, ridden and weakend over 3f out, last of 16, 41l behind Golden Sprite (9-2) at Bath 1m 2f hcap (6) gd.
The Iron Giant (IRE) 17-2 (9-2) Prominent, ridden over 2, faded final furlong, 9th of 16, 6l behind Golden Sprite (9-2) at Bath 1m 2f hcap (6) gd.
Mister Completely (IRE) 40-1 (8-6) Held up in rear, moderate headway final furlong, 8th of 17, 6l behind High Treason (9-6) at Newbury 1m 3f app hcp (5) sft.
Lolla's Spirit (IRE) 4-1fav (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 15, 6l behind Treetops Hotel (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 4f app hcp (6) pol in Sept.
Maximix 12-1 (9-7) Held up, never dangerous, 8th of 11, 11l behind Hurry Up Helen (8-12) at Yarmouth 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) gf in Aug.
Irish Ballad 8-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, led over 1f out, held on, driven out, won at W'hampton 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol beating Montage (9-3) by a hd, 12 ran.
