reared badly leaving stalls and slowly away, headway to lead over 4f out, clear 2f out, ridden and hung left over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, no extra and headed towards finish
close up on inside, ridden and headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, behind, headway over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
mid-division on inside, headway over 1f out, one pace and no impression inside final fiurlong
dwelt, soon pushed along, always behind
pulled hard, chased leaders, hung right on home turn over 2f out, stayed on to lead towards finish
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung left inside final furlong, kept on towards finish
ridden along halfway, always behind
took keen hold, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, staying on same pace when not clear run well inside final furlong
always behind
Nonrunner
Despite her penalty TAURAKINA is officially 5lbs well-in and, with the prospect of even more to come, she's going to be very hard to beat. The one concern would be this drop to sprinting as she actually raced in the 2009 Italian Oaks, but Marco Botti's charge did show abundant speed at Kempton over seven and had the race won a furlong from home - a repeat performance would surely see her go in again. Duke Of Rainford hasn't had many chances over six furlongs and could have more to offer but the biggest threat on recent efforts looks to be Equinity, who is on a reasonable mark and ran well last time. She holds Itsthursdayalready on that effort so best of the rest may well be Lordsbury Pride providing the visor works again after he ran well at Lingfield, despite refusing to settle.
Taurakina 3-1fav (9-2) Made all, clear 3f out, driven over 1f out, kept on strongly, unchallenged, won at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol beating Bold Ring (8-11) by 4l, 12 ran.
Fair Bunny 15-2 (8-7) Led, headed over 2f out, soon ridden and weakened, 7th of 8, 30l behind Durham Express (9-1) at Newcastle 6f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) hvy in Sep.
Only A Game (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Towards rear, effort on outside 2f out, never on terms, 8th of 12, 11l behind Taurakina (9-2) at Kempton 7f hcp (6) pol.
Connor's Choice 14-1 (8-13) Led, ridden halfway, headed soon after, ridden and weakened well over 1f out, 11th of 13, 19l behind Mottley Crewe (9-3) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
Royal Envoy (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) In touch, weakened over 2f out, 7th of 9, 14l behind Paphos (9-2) at Lingfield 7f app hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
Desert Strike 5-1 (8-11) Keen close up, effort to lead well over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Darcy's Pride (8-9) at Southwell 6f app hcp 0-55 (6) fbs in Oct.
Black Baccara 16-1 (8-4) Led over 1f, tracked leader, led over 2f out, soon headed, weakened and lost 3 places towards finish, 5th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Forever's Girl (9-2) at Wolverhampton 6f app hcp 0-70 (5) pol.
Equinity 16-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 12, 1 1/4l behind Dreamacha (9-5) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (6) pol in Sep.
Itsthursdayalready 11-1 (8-13) Held up in last pair, wide on bend 4f out and again entering straight, some headway final furlong but never troubled leaders, 8th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Bold Ring (8-5) at Lingfield 6f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Duke of Rainford 7-1 (8-13) Prominent, ridden over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Best One (9-2) at Kempton 5f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
Sorrel Point 12-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden halfway, not troubled leaders, 6th of 10, 6l behind Scottish Glen (9-9) at Lingfield 5f hcp (0-65) (6) pol in Jul.
Colamandis 20-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed entering final furlong, no extra, 5th of 12, 8l behind Personified (8-12) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Sep.
Lordsbury Pride (USA) 7-1 (8-10) Pulled hard chasing leaders, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd last strides, no impression, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Rio Royale (9-2) at Lingfield 6f hcp (6) pol in Oct.
