always prominent, led over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ridden clear
started slowly, held up, weakened over 3f out, tailed off
tracked leader, led just over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon beaten
led, headed just over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, soon edged left, weakened inside final furlong
In this maiden, that doesn't exactly get the pulse racing, the vote goes to the experienced entrant JANUARY ahead of rivals Cheney Manor and newcomer Son Of My Heart. The selection races in Britain for the first time after some promising efforts in his native Ireland. He was a winner over hurdles under Ruby Walsh before switching back to the level. It took a while to find his ideal trip but it looks to be around the mile after running on to good effect at Dundalk last time. He should be able to build on that to score here. Cheney Manor drops back to his optimum trip here where he finished in second place at Windsor during the summer. His polytrack form has been ok at best but the form from his last outing stands up well with the second going on to score next time up and the winner highly regarded by connections. He will need to improve, which he is entitled to do, and comes here fresh after a month on the sidelines. It's hard to know exactly how good Son Of My Heart will be with little to guide us from the pedigree. His Sire was rated as high as 72 on turf and stayed a lot further than this and he should have given his offspring enough talent to win at this level in the future. Fantosha is the only other in the race with real claims after showing some promise.
January 25-1 (9-2) Rear of mid-division, headway 1 1/2f out, 7th 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 14, 4l behind Finicius (9-6) at Dundalk 1m stk pol in Nov.
Triel 50-1 (9-11) Slowly into stride, always behind, struggling final 5f, tailed off, last of 11, well behind Poseidon's Secret (9-11) at W'hampton 1m 4f mdn stk (5) pol in Feb '07.
Cheney Manor 7-1 (9-3) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 10, 6l behind Empowered (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f 3yo mdn (4) pol in Oct.
Son Of My Heart (USA) Dynaformer colt out of Sophie My Love.
Fantosha (USA) 8-1 (9-0) Narrowed leader to over 4f out, stayed prominent, ridden and effort 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, last of 7, 10l behind Gold Express (8-12) at Kempton 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Nov.
Shortwall Lady (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) Started slowly, always in rear, never a factor, 13th of 14, 13l behind Balata (9-3) at Kempton 7f mdn aut stk (5) pol.
Mickys Mate 40-1 (9-3) Chased leaders to halfway, 8th of 10, 23l behind Spic 'n Span (8-12) at Southwell 5f mdn stk (5) fbs.
