prominent, short of room soon after start, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, one pace
held up behind, driven over 2f out, headway under pressure over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to press winner final 50 yards, held near finish
tracked leaders, headway over 2f out, driven and stayed on to lead inside final furlong, soon ridden, held on well
held up in rear, ridden and outpaced over 3f out, lost touch over 2f out, tailed off
slowly into stride, hampered soon after start, behind, driven to chase leaders over 2f out, kept on final furlong, no impression
tracked leaders, driven over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, soon weakened, tailed off
mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on and every chance final furlong, no extra in 3rd towards finish
tracked leaders, effort to challenge over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace, gradually weakened final 100 yards
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on same pace, no extra and lost place inside final furlong
Ice Dancing made a winning start at Wolverhampton in March and Miss Sheridan has won her last two at Redcar and Pontefract and should stay the extra. Clef beat Appointed in a nursery at Doncaster last July but the latter is now 6lb better off for half-a-length. Ebbesbourne wears a hood after a disappointing return to action at Chelmsford and Desert Water also ran poorly last time. Canberra Cliffs and Crimson Rosette step up in class so this can go to THE SKY IS BLAZING. The top weight was favourite for the Oaks Trial at Lingfield on her reappearance but was caught out when the pace quickened off the home turn. This more galloping track should see her recoup losses.
The Sky Is Blazing (IRE) 11-8fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on approaching final furlong, never a threat, 3rd of 6, 7 1/2l behind Hertford Dancer (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f lst fll stks (1) gd in May.
Appointed 16-1 (8-1) Tracked leader, effort over 2f out, weakening when short of room approaching final furlong, 11th of 20, 5 1/4l behind Wick Powell (8-3) at Redcar 6f lst stks (1) gf in Oct.
Clef 5-1 (8-11) Held up in touch, outpaced over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened final furlong, 6th of 7, 9 1/2l behind Mutawatheb (9-7) at Doncaster 1m (3) gd in Oct.
Ebbesbourne (IRE) 7-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 6, 11 1/4l behind Arabian Hope (9-7) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Apr.
Desert Water (IRE) 7-2 (8-12) Raced alone 1st 2f, tracked winner, pushed along 2f out, ridden and no chance with winner over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened and lost modest 3rd close home, last of 4, 10 1/2l behind Dabyah (9-1) at Newbury 7f fll stks (2) sft in Sep.
Crimson Rosette (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Raced centre close up, merged with far side and tracked winner 3f out until ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 12, 3 1/4l behind Dancing Breeze (9-0) at Newmarket 1m mdn fll stks (4) gf in Apr.
Ice Dancing (IRE) 16-1 (8-7) Keen tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, effort entering final furlong, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn fll stks (5) pol in Mar beating Heartstone (9-13) by 2 1/4l, 6 ran.
Canberra Cliffs (IRE) 11-4fav (9-9) Raced wide held up, headway over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, readily, won at Beverley 1m 2f hcp (5) gd in May beating Size Matters (8-5) by 3/4l, 10 ran.
Set In Stone (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Held up in last trio, pushed along 3f out, headway on wide outside over 1f out, soon ridden edging left, 4th and one pace inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 4l behind Gymnaste (9-0) at Chester 7f mdn fll stks (4) gd in May.
Miss Sheridan (IRE) 7-2fav (9-6) Made all, driven 2f out, ridden over 1f out, held on well final furlong, won at Pontefract 1m hcp (5) gf in Apr beating Ronnie The Rooster (9-3) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
