led, driven and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, held up, headway 2f out, ran on under pressure, and went 2nd well inside final furlong, no chance with winner
chased leaders, challenged 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear final furlong
chased leader, hard ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
in touch, ridden on outside over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders
in touch on inside, hung right from 2f out, no impression on leaders
slowly away, pulled hard, held up in rear, headway under pressure 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous
unruly and unseated rider start, slowly away and always behind
always behind
always towards rear, ridden over 2f out, never in contention
Lowry's Art may be able to defy the handicapper and follow up his Warwick success but it's hard to be confident with many in this field relatively unexposed. Richard Hughes is riding this course particularly well at present and Night Premiere should be suited by the return to racing at this trip but Hughes will have his work cut out to get her home in front from the worst of the draw. The selection had to work very hard to win at Warwick and the form is nothing to get excited about. On the plus side, it was her first run of the season so she can reasonably be expected to find some improvement and she is only 3lbs higher in the weights. One or two of these may have been hiding their lights under a bushel and the market should help us work out whether they are expected to shine tonight. Binfield, Bye Baby Bunting and River Gleam are three of the more interesting ones but we're going to stick with the proven form of Lowry's Art.
Red Amaryllis 11-2 (8-7) Raced wide, led 2f, soon lost place and weakened quickly over 2f out, last of 11, 16l behind Smokey Rye (9-0) at Kempton 6f 2yo mdn auc (6) pol in Nov.
Nice Wee Girl (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Held up mid-division, kept on to go 3rd over 1f out, no extra and lost that place inside final furlong, 4th of 10, 4l behind Tathkaar (8-12) at Kempton 7f mdn fll (5) pol.
Binfield (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) Held up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 14, 7l behind Carnival Queen (9-7) at Yarmouth 7f 2yo hcp 0-70 (5) gs in Oct.
Lowry's Art 5-1 (9-4) Made all, hard pressed and edged right inside final furlong, ran on gamely, all out, won at Warwick 7f 3yo hcp (6) gs in Mar beating Magical Song (8-11) by a hd, 10 ran.
River Gleam (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Chased leaders to over 2f out, soon weakened, last of 14, 17l behind Miss Mujanna (9-0) at Kempton 7f fll hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Bye Baby Bunting 8-1 (8-12) Keen, close up, ridden and went 3rd well over 1f out until inside final furlong, 4th of 11, 6l behind Commander Cave (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Mar.
Oriental Girl 33-1 (9-0) Soon pushed along towards rear, 8th of 11, 8l behind Fantasy Princess (9-0) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Nov.
Solo River 8-1 (8-4) Towards rear, headway over 3f out, no impression final 2f, 7th of 10, 9l behind Blue Zenith (7-13) at Kempton 5f 2yo fll mdn aut (6) pol in Oct.
Miss Okaloosa 100-1 (9-0) Led, bumped over 2f out, soon headed, weakened final furlong, 7th of 12, 7l behind Debonnaire (9-0) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn fll (4) pol in Nov.
Bonny's Babe 7-2 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, 7th of 9, 12l behind Berrymead (8-11) at Southwell 6f 3yo hcp (6) gd.
Tenraninthemist (IRE) 66-1 (8-6) Started slowly, soon mid-division, lost place 5f out, soon in rear, tailed off final 2f, last of 12, 28l behind Caltire (8-11) at Lingfield 1m 2yo sll (6) pol in Nov.
Night Premiere (IRE) 16-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and effort 2f out, no extra over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, lost 3rd towards finish, 4th of 8, 7l behind Mullein (8-12) at Kempton 6f 3yo mdn (4) pol in Mar.
