chased leader early, one pace from over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
slowly into stride, chased winner from over 1f out, hard ridden and flashed tail final furlong kept on
A small field but nonetheless an intriguing start to the day, and we take Sir Mark Prescott's Violette to improve sufficiently to win this, with little to choose between the quartet. Violette got off the mark on debut over 6f here the other day, and she looked good enough to run up a sequence at this level. With her trainer running into some form, and notorious for eliciting plenty of improvement, we take her to be good enough. Top weight Hot has taken longer to come to hand, but was better for a sound surface last time, and with confidence gained from that Leicester success, should pose a significant threat. Piccostar should handle the surface without any trouble, though her second in an ordinary Redcar contest last time gives her perhaps the most to do here, while Triskaidekaphobia comes from a yard having winners and performed well enough last time to have claims here, though he too will need to come on a bit. The one for us here though is Violette.
Hot (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Made all, ridden and ran on well final furlong, won at Leicester 5f 2yo mdn aut (5) gd in May beating Mr Sandicliffe (9-0) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Piccostar 2-1fav (8-13) In touch, led over 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, stayed on same pace, 2nd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Christa Bee (8-7) at Redcar 5f nov med aut stk (6) gf in May.
Violette 4-6fav (8-11) In touch, headway to lead well over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, won at Bath 6f 2yo fll mdn aut (6) gf beating Shes Minnie (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Triskaidekaphobia 7-2 (9-0) Made all, ridden over 1f out, held on close home, won at Thirsk 5f 2yo mdn aut (5) gf beating Royal Power (9-0) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
