slowly into stride, chased leaders, pushed along 5f out, outpaced and well held from over 3f out
pressed leader, led ovr 3f out, soon headed and ridden, stayed on same pace, well held by winner over 1f out
tracked leaders, improved to lead 3f out, ridden clear from 2f out, easily
made most until ridden and headed over 3f out, soon beaten, one pace
Deraasa failed to improve on her earlier form when fourth at Kempton last time and stablemate SWEET LAVENDER finished just in front of her in second place. The latter is taken to come out best again here and register her first win. Eyedoro finished a decent third on his racecourse debut at Ripon last month and is not out of this with improvement expected. He had Tricksofthetrade a couple of lengths behind on that occasion and should confirm running here.
Tricksofthetrade (IRE) 7-2 (9-11) Pressed winner 2f, tracked leading pair, went 2nd over 3f out, lost place over 1f out, ridden and no impression final furlong, 4th of 10, 6l behind Eagle Rock (9-3) at Ripon 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd in Sep.
Eyedoro (USA) 8-1 (9-3) Mid-division in touch, headway on inside over 3f out, soon chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no chance with leading pair final furlong, 3rd of 10, 4 1/2l behind Eagle Rock (9-3) at Ripon 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd in Sep.
Deraasa (USA) 9-1 (8-12) Led after 1f, set steady pace, quickened tempo inside final 3f, ridden and joined 2f out, headed over 1f out, one pace and lost 2nd final 100 yards, weakened to 4th closing stages, 4th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Asterism (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f sks (4) pol in Sep.
Sweet Lavender (IRE) 11-10fav (8-12) Headway to track leader 10f out, driven to challenge entering final 2f, unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on to 2nd final 100 yards, not pace of winner, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Asterism (8-12) at Kempton 1m 4f sks (4) pol in Sep.
