always towards rear, never on terms
prominent, ridden and lost place over 3f out
behind, headway over 4f out, hard driven and stayed on well final furlong, just failed
mid-division, ridden to challenge over 1f out, no extra close home
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
in touch, ridden to lead over 1f out, hard driven and all out
soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, soon driven and weakened
prominent, led briefly over 2f out, soon headed and one pace
slowly into stride, mid-division, ridden over 3f out, kept on one pace final 2f
towards rear, some late headway, never dangerous
always towards rear, never on terms
VOORTREKKER is taken to get the better of Kefalonia and Izzy Lou. The selection has a good draw and he ran really well in a maiden at Bath last time when he finished second behind Tilos Gem. He is clearly on an upward curve and if he can improve again then he should take plenty of beating. Kefalonia looks the big danger but this filly from the Barry Hills yard has an awful draw and although she caught the eye on her debut at Kempton, she then disappointed at Redcar last time and she has a bit to prove. Izzy Lou is making her all-weather debut after two promising runs on the turf and she should certainly be seen to better effect now that she is upped in trip. Layer Cake was well beaten in a handicap at Nottingham last time and he has now had plenty of chances without being able to take one. An open maiden and the vote goes to Voortrekker.
Any Secrets 66-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, always in the rear, last of 13, 34l behind Palacefield (9-1) at Chepstow 1m mdn stks (5) gd in May.
Blushing Bertie 50-1 (9-3) Always behind, lost touch over 3f out, last of 11, 47l behind Talking Hands (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Jun '08.
Layer Cake 16-1 (9-6) Dwelt, in rear, effort approaching 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 10, 7l behind Volito (8-11) at Nottingham 6f 3yo hcp 0-70 (5) gf.
Omnium Duke (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, no headway, soon weakened, 8th of 12, 11l behind Brooksby (9-4) at Kempton 1m 2yo hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Nov.
Vin de Rose 150-1 (8-9) Mid-division, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 14, 23l behind Class Is Class (8-9) at Yarmouth 1m mdn stks (5) gd in May.
Voortrekker 5-4fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, headway and ridden 2f out, chased winner final furlong, held, 2nd of 8, 3l behind Tilos Gem (9-3) at Bath 1m 3yo mdn aut (6) fm.
Devon Diva 14-1 (9-0) Started slowly, in rear, stayed on inside final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 10, 7l behind Freepressionist (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo mdn fll auc stks (6) pol in Nov.
Dubai Tsunami 25-1 (8-12) Held up and keen, beaten final 2f, last of 5, well behind In Transit (9-3) at Brighton 6f 2yo mdn aut (5) sft in May '08.
Izzy Lou (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, one pace final 2f, 5th of 13, 14l behind Amethyst Dawn (9-0) at Beverley 7f 2yo mdn fll stks (4) sft in Aug.
Jenny's Pride (IRE) Fath filly out of Softly.
Kefalonia (USA) 5-2 (8-6) Soon tracking leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 6l behind Warpedsenseofhumor (8-11) at Redcar 1m 1f mdn stks (5) fm in Apr.
Monagasque (IRE) 25-1 (8-9) Always in the rear, 6th of 8, 12l behind Tilos Gem (9-3) at Bath 1m 3yo mdn aut (6) fm.
Silk Star (IRE) 150-1 (8-6) Keen, led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 12, 22l behind Lowther (9-12) at Yarmouth 1m mdn stks (5) gd in May.
