led, strongly pressed when rider dropped whip over 1f out, narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied gamely to lead again towards finish
chased winner, ridden into narrow lead and edged right inside final furlong, soon hung back left, headed and no extra towards finish
chased leaders, ridden and no impression in 3rd when hung left over 1f out, weakened into 4th inside final furlong
chased leaders, weakened final 2f
started slowly, off the pace in last pair, dropped to rear 4f out, switched right inside final 2f, soon rallied, went 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with leading duo
off the pace in rear, gained a place 4f out, closer halfway, pushed along out wide and weakened over 2f out
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Silent Queen comes out best at the weights but it doesn’t bode well to see her at this level on her reappearance and debut for new connections while Wiseacre cost 375,000gns as a yearling but was sold for only 8,000gns last summer and makes his belated debut at this lowly level. GENERAL SAGO looks a safer option given he’s usually thereabouts without winning and has the beating of Motawaafeq, Inaam and Calin's Lad on these terms.
Motawaafeq (FR) 25-1 (9-4) Keen soon led, ridden and headed entering final 2f, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 4l behind Cathayensis (8-10) at Newcastle 1m hcp (5) pol in Mar.
Calin's Lad 9-2 (9-4) Raced keenly in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, weakened soon after, 9th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Silver Dollar (9-7) at Kempton 6f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
General Sago (IRE) 5-4 (9-2) Led, pushed along over 2f out, strongly pressed and ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra in 3rd inside final 100 yards, 3rd of 5, 1 3/4l behind Acrion (9-9) at Wolverhampton 6f stks (5) pol in Mar.
Silent Queen (IRE) 11-1 (9-2) Close up in 4th, pushed along over 2f out, not trouble leaders, last of 4, 10l behind Lovely Breeze (8-12) at Newmarket 6f hcp fll (3) gf in Jun.
Wiseacre (IRE) Dark Angel gelding out of Bear Cheek.
Namjong Boys 17-2 (8-12) In touch, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 5 3/4l behind Boadicea Belle (9-6) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (6) pol in Apr.
Inaam (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, no impression, 11th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Got No Dollars (9-4) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp (5) pol in Feb.