held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, hung left inside final furlong, headed near finish
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, weakened 2f out
held up towards rear, headway 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, led near finish
slowly into stride, mid-division, weakened 2f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, pushed along in rear, outpaced, stayed on from over 1f out
The finale looks quite trappy and the narrow vote is given to BLACK DAHLIA over Millie's Rock and Spring Goddess. The selection ran well enough on her return from a five month break at Wolverhampton last time and she should be absolutely primed for this. She is a likeable filly and with conditions in her favour she looks to have a strong chance. Millie's Rock raced far too keenly at Lingfield last time over today's trip which looks well short of her best. It is interesting that she is tried again over a mile today though and she might be worth a look in the market. Spring Goddess would have claims on her win here back in October over 1m2f, but she has since been a bit disappointing. Deep Winter is better over further than this, and we will stick with Black Dahlia who looks the most likely winner.
Deep Winter 8-1 (8-9) Led to 2f, ridden over 2f out, led over 1f out, hard ridden and headed close home, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Safari Sunup (9-0) at Bath 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gd in Oct.
Mozayada (USA) 12-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden and switched left over 2f out, soon close up, faded final furlong, 5th of 9, 7l behind Intabih (9-3) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.
Spring Goddess (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Prominent on inside, ridden over 2f out, headway and chased leaders entering final furlong, no extra and weakened final 100 yards, 6th of 12, 3l behind Romany Princess (9-2) at Lingfield 1m fll hcp (4) pol in Nov.
Indian Diva (IRE) 20-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, chased winner over 4f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 8l behind Royal Dignitary (9-4) at Southwell 7f hcp 0-85 (4) fbs.
Teasing 9-2 (8-8) Steadied start, keen, held up in rear, improved on outer to go 3rd halfway, switched inside entering final 2f, ridden and kept on same pace, 4th of 5, 5l behind Jake The Snake (8-9) at Lingfield 1m clm (6) pol.
Black Dahlia 18-1 (9-2) Held up mid-division, ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to take 3rd towards finish, not reach leading pair, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Follow The Flag (8-13) at W'hampton 1m 1f app hcp (5) pol.
Millie's Rock (IRE) 9-4jt-fav (9-4) Keen, soon led, ridden 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, lost 3rd close home, 4th of 6, 3/4l behind Bavarica (8-2) at Lingfield 1m hcap (5) pol in Feb.
Binfield (IRE) 10-1 (9-2) Led 1f, stayed tracking leader, ridden and effort over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 3l behind Marmooq (8-8) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Keisha Kayleigh (IRE) 14-1 (9-4) Dwelt, towards rear, ridden over 2f out, soon well beaten, 7th of 9, 21l behind Ridgeway Jazz (8-2) at W'hampton 1m 1f fll hcp (5) pol.