close up, headway 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
slow into stride, close up in rear, pushed along 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, led inside final furlong, ran on
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra
tracked leaders, went 2nd 5f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, unable to quicken and kept on one pace
tracked leader until 5f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, tailed off
There may only be five runners in this maiden but it’s an interesting finale. Do You Love Me, a sister to Oaks winner Forever Together and Fillies’ Mile winner Together Forever, showed promise on her debut and was placed in a Listed race on her second start with the runner-up winning the Dante on his next outing. LA DRAGONTEA finished fourth in the Oaks Trial at Lingfield and was then runner-up at Kempton and Newbury. On the latter occasion, she was only collared in the shadows of the post and finished ahead of Coconut so deserves to get her head in front. Dhabyah is facing a tough task on debut and Silver Desert is likely to struggle again.
Coconut 10-3 (9-0) Held up towards rear, good headway on outside hanging left over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 14, 2l behind Cosmic Princess (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2f fll stks (5) gd in Jul.
Dhabyah Australia filly out of Sola Gratia.
Do You Love Me (IRE) 20-1 (8-9) Prominent, short of room over 6f out, pushed along and lost place over 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on to go 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 5, 13 3/4l behind Volkan Star (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 2f lst stks (1) gf in Jun.
La Dragontea 5-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, led 50 yards out, headed near finish, 2nd of 14, nk behind Cosmic Princess (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2f fll stks (5) gd in Jul.
Silver Desert (IRE) 25-1 (8-0) Tracked leaders, lost place over 2f out, 9th of 14, dist behind Punctuation (8-4) at Kempton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
