tracked leaders, raced keenly, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and edged left 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened well over 1f out
held up in touch, outpaced over 3f out, hung right and weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, unable to quicken over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong
slowly into stride, in rear, well behind over 2f out
slowly into stride, soon with leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, edged left and stayed on same pace final furlong
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden to chase winner entering final furlong, kept on, held towards finish
always prominent, pushed along 3f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, in command towards finish
This is a wide open maiden that pits some unexposed types against improving sorts such as Quite Sparky, Kathlatino and our selection STRIKE A DEAL. Our pick was only narrowly beaten at Nottingham by Al Dafa and for her first run this year that was a really decent run. It can be reasonably assumed that there is scope for the horse to progress from that race and a win could be on the cards for her today. Quite Sparky had a nice seasonal bow at Ripon when he weakened late on and was beaten by Law To Himself. With an improved run here he can challenge for the top prize. Kathlatino is also an improving sort and remains firmly in our calculations for this contest. The newcomers do not offer that much appeal in this race but Eric Alston has turned out a couple of juvenile winners at Redcar so Octaviana may be the best of the debut runners. Strike A Deal gets the nod in this affair.
Leolene Starlight 150-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 15, 8l behind Sailorman (9-2) at Thirsk 7f mdn stks (5) gf in May.
Director General (USA) 14-1 (9-0) Towards rear, chased leaders over 3f out, weakened final furlong, 4th of 8, 9l behind Always Dazzling (8-12) at Redcar 7f 3yo mdn aut (5) gf in Apr.
Lighterman 28-1 (8-1) Hampered start, held up in rear far side, ridden to go 2nd in group over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 5th of 15, 7l behind Catawollow (7-13) at Newcastle 1m 3yo hcp 0-60 (6) gd in May.
Quite Sparky 4-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 4th of 15, 3 1/2l behind Law To Himself (9-3) at Ripon 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd in May.
Colamandis 100-1 (8-11) Always in rear, last of 7, 36l behind Blues Music (9-2) at Haydock 1m mdn stks (5) gf in May.
Kathlatino 20-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, headway 3f out, led inside final furlong, headed towards finish, 2nd of 15, nk behind Law To Himself (9-3) at Ripon 1m 3yo mdn (5) gd in May.
Octaviana Starcraft filly out of Double Fantasy.
Red Skies (IRE) 10-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, kept on final furlong, 5th of 10, 5l behind Copper Penny (8-10) at Beverley 7f 3yo fll stks (5) gf in May.
Sheikhtothemusic Dubai Destination filly out of Oomph.
Silvan Stream Observatory filly out of Special.
Strike A Deal (IRE) 6-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway on inside over 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 14, nk behind Al Dafa (9-0) at Nottingham 1m 3yo stk 0-65 (6) gf in May.
Gee Major 40-1 (9-3) Tracked leader until over 3f out, 14th of 15, 17l behind No Explaining (8-12) at Nottingham 6f 2yo mdn (4) gs in Oct.
Hairy Maclary Tobougg gelding out of Pearl Venture.
