chased leaders, led after 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, beat when hampered over 1f out
prominent, ridden at 3f out, kept on one pace final 2f
slow away, in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, kept on well to chase winner final furlong, no impression
led and keen, headed after 3f, chased leader, ridden well over 1f out, soon led, clear inside easily
held up, ridden and headway on outer 6f out, ridden and raced wide over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
mid-division, weakened 2f out
mid-division, behind from halfway, tailed over 2f out
led early, chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 2f out, soon led, headed well over 1f out, soon no extra
held up mid-division, driven 5f out, soon weakened
A weak handicap that should see Nadeszhda get off the mark first time out at the expense of recent winner Humdinger, topweight Panglossian and Phamedic. Sir Mark Prescott is a past-master at getting them ready to run out of their skins when stepping into handicap company, and off a mark of 53 she may have been let in lightly, her rating based on three quiet runs last year. Her main rivals are fully exposed, with Panglossian having to shoulder topweight despite not managing to get her head in front so far. A bigger danger may be Humdinger, who has progressed from sellers and claimers to winning a class E at Folkestone last week. Given a good ride by Chris Catlin, she now has Kevin Darley on board. Phamedic has been there or thereabouts at this level for some time and will no doubt pop in when least expected, but for now Nadeszhda is the one to concentrate on.