slowly away in rear, pushed along 3f out, never on terms
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
in rear, pushed along over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never near leaders
held up in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, stayed on to chase clear winner inside final furlong, no threat
held up in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out
keen early, tracked leader, led 2f out, pushed clear final furlong, comfortable
led, pushed along and headed 2f out, faded inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace
The Gosden stable has won the last four renewals and have two runners this year. Rococo was slowly away and ran green when fourth behind stablemate Nawassi here in November but still showed plenty of promise. Frankie takes over the reins today but the yard also introduce a potentially smart newcomer in AWARD WINNING, ridden by Ryan Moore. She is a 720,000gns daughter of Dubawi who is a half-sister to Group 2 and Group 3 winners here and in France. She doesn’t have any fancy entries yet but they will surely follow if she makes a winning start to her career. Ripley ran in a Listed race after just coming up short on her debut at Goodwood last year and she should be winning soon, as should Qazyna who started favourite when third at Yarmouth in October. Feline Groovy is another worth a market check.
Award Winning (IRE) Dubawi filly out of Hit The Sky.
Blanchefleur (IRE) 7-2 (8-11) Led briefly, chased leaders, led again on inside over 3f out, ridden and headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd and weakened over 1f out, 9th of 11, 16 1/2l behind Tenedos (9-2) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Oct.
Chanson de La Mer (IRE) 12-1 (8-6) Went right start, in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 13, 10 1/4l behind Claudine (8-6) at Lingfield 7f mdn fll stks (5) gs in Sep.
Feline Groovy (USA) Kitten's Joy filly out of Element Of Truth.
Gemini 8-1 (9-0) Slowly away, raced wide in rear, ridden over 2f out, never near leaders, 7th of 12, 15 1/4l behind Wild Impala (9-0) at Newmarket 7f fll stks (5) gf in Oct.
Qazyna (IRE) 15-8fav (9-0) Held up, headway to go close up halfway, shaken up over 1f out, effort and switched right entering final furlong, ridden and kept on one pace, 3rd of 10, 2l behind Dramatic Queen (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m fll stks (4) gs in Oct.
Ripley (IRE) 16-1 (8-10) Held up in last pair, ridden and outpaced 2f out, never a threat, last of 6, 5 1/4l behind Hey Gaman (9-1) at Newbury 7f lst stks (1) sft in Aug.
Rococo 4-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, ran green towards rear, switched left and kept on in steadily in 5th inside final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 9, 7 3/4l behind Nawassi (9-0) at Newmarket 7f fll stks (4) gs in Nov.
Treasure Me Poet's Voice filly out of Treasured Dream.