held up, headway over 3f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on well
prominent early, soon chasing leaders, lost place well over 2f out
held up, headway on inside over 2f out, soon hard ridden, no impression
soon led, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, headway on outside over 2f out, led over 1f out, ran on well
chased leaders, hard driven over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
keen, prominent, led over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, faded
keen, prominent, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, faded final furlong
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, no extra closing stages
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 1f out, never on terms
Toy Theatre has won twice on the all-weather this year but looks high enough in the weights reverting to Turf. Villette is interesting but only beat Madeleine Bond a neck at Newmarket in November and is 4lb worse off. Existential is a course and distance winner who has been lightly raced while Queen Penn was a fair fourth on her return to action at Doncaster, though didn’t appear to stay when tried over a mile at HQ last year. BLACK LOTUS won twice over 1m2f last year but it was fast ground on both occasions. She is making her seasonal reappearance but William Buick boasts a perfect record on the Chris Wall filly and is back on board today. Yusra is still 7lb higher than when scoring at Chelmsford in December and Hateya is 10lb higher than when successful at Epsom last summer.
Hateya (IRE) 20-1 (9-6) Tracked leader after 1f, pushed along 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 9, 1 3/4l behind Executive Force (9-7) at Lingfield 1m hcp (3) pol in Mar.
Toy Theatre 33-1 (9-0) Pushed along early, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 12, 5 3/4l behind Heavenly Holly (9-0) at Lingfield 7f fll stks (2) pol in Apr.
Existential (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Close up, ridden 3f out, no impression from over 1f out, 6th of 14, 13l behind Collide (9-2) at Nottingham 1m 2f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Villette (IRE) 5-1 (10-0) Tracked leaders, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Ilhabela Fact (9-4) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Feb.
Daddies Girl (IRE) 12-1 (9-6) Raced far side in mid-division, pushed along and effort over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 14th of 17, 10 1/4l behind Lady Freyja (9-6) at Doncaster 7f hcp (3) sft in Nov.
Time For A Toot (IRE) 25-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, kept on towards finish, 6th of 18, 8 1/4l behind Lunar Jet (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2f hcp (3) gs in Apr.
Madeleine Bond 9-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders centre group, merged with stands side group over 4f out, every chance and ridden inside final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 14, nk behind Villette (9-4) at Newmarket 1m hcp (4) sft in Nov.
Yusra 5-2fav (9-9) Tracked leader, led over 6f out, headed over 1f out, rallied and every chance inside final furlong, kept on well under pressure, 2nd of 7, nk behind Bell Heather (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp fll (5) pol in Mar.
Black Lotus 12-1 (8-10) Mid-division, headway on outside chasing leaders led over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 13, 1 1/4l behind Podemos (9-5) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Oct.
Queen Penn 20-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, pushed along over 2f out, every chance well over 1f out, ridden and not quicken inside final furlong, 4th of 19, 1 1/4l behind Right Action (9-4) at Doncaster 7f hcp (4) gf in Mar.
