held up, ridden and headway 2f out, chased winner 1f out, kept on but always held inside final furlong
held up, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace but hung right inside final furlong
in touch, effort over 2f out, one pace final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
tracked leader, led 4f out, ridden and headed just over 2f out, kept on same pace
took keen hold behind leaders, led just over 2f out, kept on gamely, ridden out
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway 3f out, switched right and short lived effort 2f out
Bracklinn gets the call ahead of Golden Applause, Generosia and Kinvara Lass. Bracklinn won two of her five outings last year, and with trip and ground to suit here, can be fancied to keep up the good work. James Fanshawe's filly will be all the better for her return from a nine-month break at Windsor recently in which she was a highly-creditable third to Della Salute, and with Jamie Spencer no doubt keen to rattle up a few more winners before his impending enforced break, she will lack for nothing in the saddle. Golden Applause defied topweight in fine style at Folkestone and moves up a grade, so will need to improve, while Generosia has a 5lb penalty for her gutsy effort over 12 furlongs at Haydock where she just managed to hang on. The drop back in trip will help her cause and she can go well off bottom weight. Kinvara Lass makes her handicap debut on the back of a couple of promising efforts and should be suited by the long finishing straight here, so is another to note, but for the winner we return to Bracklinn.
Noora (IRE) 7-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 5th of 6, 3l behind Mistress Twister (8-4) at Pontefract 1m 2f fll hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Della Salute 12-1 (9-6) Held up, in last pair, no chance when hampered over 2f out, 9th of 10, 12l behind Brief Goodbye (9-6) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf.
Golden Applause (FR) 13-2 (10-0) Held up in touch, headway to chase leaders 5f out, went 2nd 3f out, ridden to lead narrowly inside final 2f, driven clear, won at Folkestone 1m 2f fll hcp (5) gf in Jun beating Shamila (9-5) by 2l, 8 ran.
Muscari 4-1co-fav (9-3) Led, headed over 8f out, lost place from over 5f out, 10th of 12, well behind Starcross Maid (9-1) at Southwell 1m 4f clm (6) fbs.
Uig 9-1 (9-1) Led and set good pace, headed and weakened 3f out, last of 6, well behind Sabbiosa (8-12) at Chepstow 1m 4f fll hcp (4) sft in May.
Bracklinn 4-1 (9-8) Held up behind leaders, ridden to chase leader 2f out until over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Della Salute (10-0) at Windsor 1m 2f fll hcp (5) gf.
Kahlua Kiss 16-1 (8-12) Keen hold, close up, stayed on under pressure final 2f, never nearer, 3rd of 11, 6l behind Road To Love (9-6) at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo hcp (4) gf.
Kinvara Lass (IRE) 5-1 (8-12) Led, pressed over 2f out, slightly wide bend, ridden and headed 1f out, no extra and lost 2nd final strides, 3rd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Millistar (8-12) at Kempton 1m 2f mdn fll (5) pol.
Generosia 4-1 (8-4) Held up, headway over 3f out, ridden to lead 2f out, soon edged left and flashed tail, all out, won at Haydock 1m 4f fll hcp (5) gf beating Patxaran (9-9) by a hd, 7 ran.
