held up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on near finish
slowly into stride, always behind
in touch, ridden to chase leaders 2f out, faded final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, kept on strongly near finish, just denied
tracked leader, led over 3f out, hung right final furlong and just held on
in touch, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, one pace
mid-division and keen, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
soon led, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened
mid-division and keen, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong
Sotik Star is given the nod in this interesting maiden, with Nawaadi, Reload and Chasing A Dream others for the short list. The selection was off the course from last October until August, when Richard Mullen partnered him to a pleasing return over this trip at Newmarket. He has been given time to recover from that and with the outing under his belt he can improve to take this, with plenty of improvement still to come. Chasing A Dream returns to the track after an absence of over three months and Barry Hills will be hoping to see more from her, after she did not really come on for her Yarmouth debut. She is an interesting contender, however, if straight enough. Reload was understandably green on his Kempton debut last month and we expect to see a fair bit more this time, while Nawaadi has not been disgraced in a trio of defeats and can again go well here, although a longer trip may elicit more improvement. But Sotik Star came back well from an absence last time and can get his nose in front here.
Khun John (IRE) Marju gelding, half-brother to a triple sprint winner in Italy.
Nawaadi 16-1 (9-3) Held up in touch, pushed along halfway, hung left from 2f out, no impression, 6th of 10, 5l behind Purple Moon (9-3) at Newbury 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd in Apr.
Reload (IRE) 20-1 (9-3) Ran green in rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 4th of 11, 6l behind Changing Wind (9-3) at Kempton 1m mdn stk (5) pol in Aug.
Sotik Star (IRE) 14-1 (8-9) Raced centre, held up, switched far side halfway, ridden and headway over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 4th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Kinsya (9-1) at Newmarket 1m 3yo hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Chasing A Dream 16-1 (8-12) In touch, ridden over 2f out, not much room over 1f out, one pace, 9th of 15, 5l behind Tasjeel (8-12) at Bath 1m 3yo mdn aut (6) gf in Jun.
Fairdonna 11-4fav (8-12) Slowly into stride, keen, mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 7th of 15, 2l behind Lady Edge (9-3) at Warwick 1m mdn aut stk (6) gd.
Fantastic Promise (USA) 14-1 (7-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, ran on again final furlong, 5th of 11, 2l behind Orvietan (8-3) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol in Feb.
Wonderful One (IRE) 9-1 (8-9) Raced stand side, held up, not trouble leaders, 12th of 24, 9l behind Bold Crusader (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn aut (4) sft in Oct.
