mid-division, not clear run over 2f out or well over 1f out, headway and edged left over 1f out, ran on
held up, headway well over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out
soon led, headed well over 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
prominent, led well over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
led early, prominent, weakening when bumped just inside final furlong
mid-division, headway over 2f out, weakened just over 1f out
short of room and lost place 5f out, ridden 3f out, headway 1f out, ran on strongly inside final furlong
soon prominent, went 2nd over 2f out, edged left and every chance just inside final furlong, stayed on
prominent until weakened well over 1f out
held up, ridden over 2f out, no impression
held up, ridden over 1f out, headway 1f out, never near to challenge
mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, never going pace to trouble leaders
in touch until ridden and weakened well over 2f out
Corniche Dancer, Midnight Lace and Heartsonfire are three against the field in this nursery handicap and the vote is given to Corniche Dancer. The selection looked a winner waiting to happen when fourth behind Forzeen at Lingfield last time. He travelled really well in that race and was only narrowly beaten, but that was his second race in 24 hours and after a short break his compensation could await here. Midnight Lace is a lightly-raced filly and she may be capable of better than she has shown in her four runs to date. She hails from a leading yard and if she takes to the surface on her first try on it, then she could go well. Heartsonfire was disappointing last time at Lingfield, but he had previously run well over this course and distance when second behind Gaudalpin, and if he could reproduce that effort here then he would go close. Dematraf won well on her debut but will find this much tougher, and for the winner we return to Corniche Dancer.
