led, driven and hung left over 1f out, joined and continued to hang left inside final furlong, headed last strides
towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, some headway over 2f out
on and off the bridle towards rear, pushed along and struggling 4f out, never in contention
held up in rear, pushed along and struggling over 3f out, never on terms
took keen hold, chased leaders, headway between horses over 1f out, carried left inside final furlong, edged left under pressure closing stages, driven to lead last strides
chased leadrs, pushed along 3f out, edged right under pressure inside final 2f, driven and one pace over 1f out
chased leaders on outside, ridden over 2f out, driven and one pace over 1f out
always behind, tailed off
took keen hold, chased leader, ridden and every chance when carried left inside final furlong, 3rd and held when carried left again and eased closing stages
RAAHIN tried to make all at Kempton on his return from a two-month absence, but came up short in the final furlong and could only manage third place. Improvement is expected here and Sir Michael Stoute has a good line on the form as his filly Floral Beauty beat Kahraba at Chester last time. The latter went down by only half-a-length and should be thereabouts again ahead of Nakutha, who also wears the Godolphin colours. Kid Charlemagne went close at this track last time but may find today's shorter trip against him, while Ela Gonda Mou has something to prove stepping up in distance. Marhaba looks best of the remainder.
Ela Gonda Mou 9-1 (8-13) Chased leading pair, went 2nd 5f out until over 4f out, short of pace and losing place when badly hampered 2f out, 6th of 9, 10l behind Thistle Bird (9-7) at Windsor 1m flls hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Aug.
Dust Cloud (IRE) 100-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out, not much room soon after, last of 11, 30l behind Dordogne (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 1f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Sep '10.
Illustration (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, soon headway, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 14, 12l behind Jawhar (9-3) at Newcastle 1m mdn stks (5) sft.
Lord Golan Singspiel gelding out of Lady Golan.
Nakhutha (FR) 11-2 (9-3) Towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, ridden and effort 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 8, 15l behind Quadrant (9-3) at Ffos Las 1m mdn stks (4) gs.
Novirak (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Tracked winner, driven over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 12, 20l behind Kyllachy Spirit (9-3) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Aug.
Raahin (IRE) 5-4fav (9-3) Led, ridden hung right and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 9, 4l behind Gobooll (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f 3yo mdn stks (4) pol in Aug.
Vasily 9-2 (9-4) Mid-division, weakened over 3f out, tailed off, 9th of 13, 35l behind Tmaam (9-4) at Bath 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gs.
April Belle 100-1 (9-0) Raced wide tracking leading trio, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened, tailed off, last of 8, 44l behind Baltic Light (9-0) at Kempton 1m 3f 3yo mdn auc stks (5) pol in May.
Kahraba (USA) 6-4 (8-12) Keen tracked leaders, pressed leader from 4f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Floral Beauty (8-12) at Chester 1m 2f fll mdn stks (5) gd.
Marhaba 12-1 (9-0) Led centre group, left alone 4f out to 3f out, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, no impression, 7th of 16, 5l behind Beatrice Aurore (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 2yo fll mdn (4) gd in Sep '10.
Kid Charlemagne (IRE) 16-1 (9-13) Held up, headway on outer from 4f out, chased leading pair 3f out, driven and effort entering final furlong, not quicken near finish, 4th of 10, 1/2l behind Protaras (9-13) at Folkestone 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug.
