dwelt, in rear, headway over 3f out, chasewd winner and every chance over 2f out, no extra and lost 2nd place post
dwelt, held up behind, pushed along over 2f out, kept on same pace
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong
held up towards rear, weakened over 1f out, eased inside final furlong
led, ridden over 2f out, soon edged left and headed, weakened well over 1f out
tracked leaders, headway to lead over 2f out, kept on well towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 2nd post, no chance with winner
Winning handicappers regularly find enough improvement to land this Listed prize as Set To Music did last year for Michael Bell. He runs impressive Newmarket winner Bite Of The Cherry this time around and Sequence is another easy winner of a handicap stepping up in grade. Cracking Lass makes her belated seasonal debut but was beaten a couple of lengths in this last year and Firdaws has disappointed since finishing third in the Fillies' Mile last term. Lingfield maiden winner Aniseed makes little appeal and Dane Street is persevered with at this level presumably on the strength of her earlier third to subsequent Ribblesdale winner Princess Highway. The latter is trained by Dermot Weld and the Irish trainer runs the lightly-raced PALE MIMOSA in this. She won doing handstands at the Galway festival on her return to action and gets the vote in a hard to call renewal.
Cracking Lass (IRE) 7-1 (8-9) Dwelt, in rear and pushed along, soon detached, hung badly left over 1f out, never dangerous, 4th of 5, 7l behind Poet (9-0) at Ayr 1m 2f Listed stks 3yo (1) sft in Sep.
Aniseed (IRE) 4-5fav (8-10) Prominent, went 2nd 12f out, ridden to challenge over 2f out, led over 1f out, kept on well, won at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Jul beating Caphira (8-10) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.
Bite Of The Cherry 5-1 (9-6) Led after 2f, 12 lengths clear 8f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on, (enterprising ride), won at Newmarket 1m 5f 3yo hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Jul beating Aazif (9-6) by 5l, 8 ran.
Dane Street (USA) 13-2 (9-0) Chased clear leader in rear, much closer entering straight and 6th 2f out, no extra from over 1f out and eased when beaten inide final furlong, 7th of 10, 20l behind Caponata (9-0) at Naas 1m 2f 3yo lst fll (1) in Jun.
Firdaws (USA) 9-1 (8-8) Soon pressed leader on outside, effort over 2f out, outpaced when not much room inside final 2f, no impression final furlong, 5th of 8, 8l behind Barefoot Lady (9-4) at York 1m 2f fll lst stks (1) gf in Jul.
Pale Mimosa (IRE) 4-6fav (9-0) Raced in 3rd, niggled along 4f out, challenged and on terms 3f out, led approaching 2f out, clear before straight, stayed on strongly, easily, won at Galway 1m 4f 3yo mdn sft beating Buckingham Gate (9-5) by 15l, 6 ran.
Sequence (IRE) 9-4fav (9-6) Made all, keen and allowed uncontested led, soon clear, unchallenged, won at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) gf beating Odin (9-7) by 9l, 9 ran.
