held up, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, went 2nd near finish
keen tracked leaders, ridden to press winner 1f out, one pace and lost 2nd near finish
slowly into stride, always in rear
tracked winner, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong
John Gosden introduces a son of Dubai Destination in Dhaamer for this one mile maiden and he could be of interest on his racecourse debut but ERTIKAAN sets a decent standard and he will be tough to beat following an improved effort here over seven furlongs last time and gets the vote ahead of Space War. John Gosden's colt made a pleasing debut on the Polytrack at Lingfield over seven furlongs last week when a close third behind Kakatosi and he has to be respected on his turf debut over the extra furlong that should suit. Roose Blox has run creditably in both starts so far but looks booked for a place at best, while any market support for Luca Cumani's King's Best filly Wallis would be of interest. The Michael Jarvis-trained Ertikaan was made favourite for his Newbury debut last month but was ultimately disappointing when mid-division behind Moretta Blanche; however, he stepped up considerably on that when third of 16 behind Man Of Action here subsequently and looks the one to beat judged by that effort.
Dhaamer (IRE) Dubai Destination gelding out of Arjuzah.
Ertikaan 9-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway to chase leaders 4f out, ridden over 2f out, effort over 1f out, ran on, but no impression on first two, 3rd of 16, 2l behind Man Of Action (9-3) at Newmarket 7f 3yo mdn (4) gd in May.
Plan A (IRE) 33-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, struggling in 7th over 3f out, 7th of 10, 15l behind Mecox Bay (8-13) at Folkestone 1m 2f mdn auc stks (5) gf.
Roose Blox (IRE) 40-1 (9-2) Switched left start, towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden and ran on final furlong, not reach leaders, 5th of 15, 4 1/2l behind Sailorman (9-2) at Thirsk 7f mdn stks (5) gf in May.
Space War 9-2 (8-13) Not best away, ran green and soon pushed along in mid-division, headway over 1f out, one reminder and stayed on to 3rd inside final furlong, going on towards finish, 3rd of 14, 4l behind Kakatosi (8-13) at Lingfield 7f mdn auc stks (6) pol.
Chaqueta High Chaparral filly out of New Design.
Wallis King's Best filly out of Frangy.
Hotfoot Desert Sun filly out of Heneseys Leg.
Personified (GER) Doyen filly out of Proudeyes.
