close up, pushed along and dropped to rear halfway, outpaced 2f out
led, joined over 2f out, soon ridden, headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace
tracked leader, ridden to join leader over 1f out, faded inside final furlong
slowly away race green on outer, headway to track leaders halfway, ridden and outpaced 2f out
tracked leading pair, outpaced 2f out, soon 6 lengths down, headway inside final furlong, quickened to lead inside final furlong, ran on
La Dorotea showed promise on her opening run at Kempton and started favourite for an ordinary fillies' race at Wolverhampton but could only finish runner-up to Shasag. Melbourne Shuffle was beaten just a head by Namhroodah in a similar event at Kempton where she still looked inexperienced so there should be more to come. Pisces was a 100/1 chance when showing her first sign of form at Chelmsford last month but all three look vulnerable so one of the newcomers can take this. Twistaway is by Teofilo and should be ideally suited by the trip but it's the Godolphin filly ZOELLA who really catches the eye as she's by Invincible Spirit out of a mare who has produced winners with her first six foals.
Caerleon Kate Medicean filly out of Towaahi.
La Dorotea (IRE) 9-4fav (8-5) Tracked leaders, went 2nd over 6f out, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Shasag (8-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn fll (5) in Jan.
Melbourne Shuffle (USA) 10-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on and every chance final furlong, just held, 2nd of 10, hd behind Namhroodah (9-0) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Nov.
Twistaway Teofilo filly out of River Mountain.
Zoella (USA) Invincible Spirit filly out of Zaeema.
Pisces 100-1 (8-5) Held up in rear, switched right and headway on wide outside over 2f out, kept on well closing stages, just failed, 3rd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Zamoura (8-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f mdn fll (5) pol in Jan.
