chased winner, well held over 1f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, plugged on in 3rd
towards rear, plugged on from over 1f out, no threat
made all, clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged
chased leaders 6f, weakened quickly, behind and eased inside final furlong
mid-division, plugged on in modest 4th final 2f
slowly into stride, soon mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, soon beaten
raced keenly, chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
went right start and slowly into stride, raced keenly in last pair, hung right on home turn, never a factor
ran green and outpaced throughout, tailed off
COLONY QUEEN makes most appeal on the evidence of her debut second over a similar trip at Wolverhampton. She finished a couple of lengths in front of Eclittica on that occasion and James Tate’s filly looks to have every chance on that form. Harvey Dent has shown some ability over a mile but Little Rock and Boutonniere have more convincing middle-distance pedigrees with the former preferred after posting a better effort at Kempton last time. The newcomers Sherpa Trail and Phoenix Queen look nothing special on breeding and are probably best watched unless the betting suggests otherwise.
Boutonniere (USA) 20-1 (9-2) Always in rear, never a factor, 8th of 10, 3 3/4l behind Princess Salamah (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Hammy End (IRE) 100-1 (9-2) Towards rear, hung right and wide on track over 6f out, well behind final 3f, 9th of 11, 32 3/4l behind Themaxwecan (9-9) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (4) pol in Jan.
Harvey Dent 7-4fav (9-2) Held up in mid-division on inside, headway well over 1f out, ridden and one pace inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 4 1/2l behind Renegade Master (9-2) at Lingfield 1m stks (6) pol in Jan.
Little Rock (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, outpaced 2f out, driven and kept on inside final furlong, never on terms, 4th of 12, 3l behind Carnival Rose (8-11) at Kempton 7f stks (6) pol in Dec.
Mr Fox 33-1 (8-9) In rear, ridden 3f out, never on terms, 9th of 13, 10 3/4l behind Freedom And Wheat (9-6) at Lingfield 7f (6) pol in Dec.
Astrosparkle 50-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, in touch in rear, outpaced in 4th over 2f out, no chance with front trio from over 1f out, 4th of 5, 18 3/4l behind Albanita (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m mdn fll stks (4) pol in Aug.
Colony Queen 20-1 (8-11) Dwelt and went right start, soon switched left, held up in last pair, headway and chased leaders over 2f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 3l behind Robert L'Echelle (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Eclittica (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, ran green in rear, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on same pace towards finish, 4th of 8, 5 3/4l behind Robert L'Echelle (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Phoenix Queen Phoenix Reach filly out of Chocolada.
Sherpa Trail (USA) Gio Ponti gelding out of Vapour Musing.