chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out
soon chased leader, ridden to close over 1f out, led entering final furlong, stayed on strongly
soon crossed over to lead, ridden clear over 2f out, headed entering final furlong, weakened and lost 2nd final 50 yards
ponied to start, took keen hold, held up in rear, hung left on bend 4f out, effort to one pace 3rd 2f out, no extra final furlong
dwelt, held up, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd final 50 yards, no chance with winner
took keen hold early, sooon pushed along in 4th, weakened over 2f out
While it might not do to take a short price about him PEARL ICE showed enough on debut to suggest that he can break his duck second time around. Sir Mark Prescott's colt was doing all of his best work at the finish at Lingfield when the post came a fraction too soon for him and that experience, plus this step up in trip, can see him home in front. Three Sparrows looks leading danger after a decent effort at Newbury, although this drop back to 6f is not certain to suit. Blowing Bubbles can improve on a placed run at Wolverhampton and should take a hand, while Saskia's Dream again looks vulnerable.
Fajer Al Kuwait 150-1 (9-3) Alway towards rear, 13th of 15, 17l behind Biaraafa (8-12) at Yarmouth 6f 2yo mdn aut (6) gd in Aug.
Pearl Ice 9-4 (9-3) Close up on outside, headway 2f out, strong run to chase winner well inside final furlong, finished well, just failed, 2nd of 10, shd behind Look Who's Kool (9-3) at Lingfield 5f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol.
Three Sparrows (IRE) 11-4 (9-3) Chased leaders, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, not pace of winner, 2nd of 9, 4l behind Golden Delicious (8-12) at Newbury 6f 2yo mdn (4) sft.
Blowing Bubbles (USA) 8-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out kept on and hung left inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 3/4l behind Mon Visage (8-12) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol.
Saskia's Dream 15-2 (8-10) Mid-division, headway well over 1f out, no impression on leaders, 4th of 12, 7l behind Mica Mika (9-0) at Warwick 7f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Sep.
Shutupandrive 33-1 (7-5) Took keen hold, tracked winner, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 17l behind Country Waltz (8-1) at Leicester 6f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) gd in Sep.
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.
