chased leaders, ridden and outpaced 2f out, kept on approaching final furlong, no impression inside last
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, effort over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
behind, outpaced halfway, switched inside and ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
towards rear, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and ran on well from over 1f out, kept on nearest finish
tracked leader, ridden to lead well over 1f out, edged left and stayed on well final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, hung left from over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
chased leaders to over 3f out, soon well behind
A wide-open handicap can go to Cloud Dancer ahead of a host of dangers including the likes of Canterloupe, Cashel Mead, Paddywack, Blakeset and Hurricane Coast. Cloud Dancer gained her first victory for well over a year when landing a claimer over seven furlongs here a week ago. She travelled well and was good value for the neck victory over Nimello, and should have no problems dropping back in trip, having scored twice over six furlongs on turf in the past, notably at Newmarket. Canterloupe has topweight to overcome but took to the fibresand straight away when successful in a similar race to this last month. She is still not badly treated compared to her turf rating and has place claims at least. Cashel Mead finished a close second at Wolverhampton despite missing the break, but will need the gaps to appear if she is to take a hand. Our old friend Paddywack is always going to be dangerous at this level and showed that he can win on the sand when finishing well to score at Wolverhampton, while Blakeset and Hurricane Coast have decent racing weights and should not be ruled out of calculations. In a hard one to call, Cloud Dancer gets the vote.
