in touch, ridden to chase winner halfway, weakened inside final furlong
dwelt, soon led, clear halfway, ran on, comfortable
slowly into stride, held up, ridden halfway, not troubled leaders
slowly into stride, soon chased winner until halfway, soon weakened
close up, ridden halfway, edged left, kept on inside final furlong, no chance with winner
held up, ridden halfway, never dangerous
The three to note are Secret Meaning, Longoria and Portway Lane with the vote going to the last named. This is not a great race and the selection only has limited form on offer. Having said that he did run well at Bath in April when a head second to No Point and with that in mind he is probably the form pick. Secret Meaning ran well enough on his debut to finish fourth but it was a low grade affair and he will need to find improvement on that to win this.Longoria is possibly a better option as she ran with credit on both her starts when finishing mid division and with further improvement still to come she could be a real danger to Portway Storm who we will stick with to break his maiden tag in this low grade affair.
Little Angel (IRE) 66-1 (9-0) Chased leaders until outpaced over 2f out, 8th of 10, 9l behind Baffled (9-0) at Lingfield 6f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol.
Longoria (IRE) 22-1 (9-0) Dwelt, headway 2f out, kept on final furlong, never near leaders, 7th of 14, 10l behind Starlit Sands (9-0) at Thirsk 5f 2yo mdn fll (4) gd.
Miss Willoughby 50-1 (8-4) Slowly into stride, soon outpaced, last of 6, 24l behind Diademas (8-11) at Southwell 5f 2yo mdn auc (5) fbs.
Portway Lane 14-1 (7-9) Soon pushed along, in rear, no chance when hung right inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 9l behind Alexander Monarchy (8-9) at W'hampton 5f 2yo clm (6) pol.
Secret Meaning 20-1 (8-1) Went right start, outpaced, 4th of 5, 9l behind Dan Tucket (8-13) at Folkestone 5f 2yo mdn auc (5) gf.
Sharps Gold Twice As Sharp filly out of a lightly-raced mare.