slowly into stride, held up mid-division, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead inside final furlong, readily
led, hung right from over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
held up mid-division, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, one pace final furlong
soon outpaced in rear, never a factor
slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, led well over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
close up, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
steady start, held up well in rear, shaken up and switched right over 1f out, stayed on, never nearer
tracked leader, raced keenly, led over 2f out, headed well over 2f out, faded
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Some top trainers are represented here including Sir Michael Stoute with Elise and Saaed Bin Surroor with Princess Nada, both should improve on what they have achieved so far, however we will give the vote to the Mark Johnston trained Basque. The selection. a daughter of King's Best went off relatively unfancied when making her debut behind Riotous Applause. However she showed plenty of ability, being up with the pace for three furlongs before inexperience took over. She will improve leaps and bounds for that run and looks the one to be on here. Elise has had a couple of outings and although not running her race last time, she has strong claims on her debut run behind Famcred. Princess Nada looked in need of the outing when well beaten at Newmarket last month. She is superbly bred and will no doubt have learned a lot from that experience. Alessandria may do best of the newcomers, but Basque is our idea of the winner.
Alessandria Sunday Silence filly, half-sister to winners on the Flat and over hurdles.
Basque 9-1 (8-11) With leaders, driven halfway, ridden over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 5th of 10, 7l behind Riotous Applause (8-11) at Redcar 6f 2yo mdn fll (5) gd.
Best Lady (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Chased leaders until weakened quickly over 1f out, 6th of 11, 9l behind Deveron (8-11) at Goodwood 7f 2yo mdn fll (2) sft in Jul.
Princess Nada 9-2 (8-11) Mid-division, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out, 10th of 12, 26l behind Short Skirt (8-11) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn fll (4) gs in Aug.
Shamsalmaidan (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, not quicken final furlong, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Juniper Girl (8-8) at Beverley 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) gd.
Spring Dream (IRE) 33-1 (8-8) Tailed off in rear, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, soon beaten, 6th of 7, 13l behind Mostaqeleh (8-13) at Newbury 7f 2yo fll (3) gf.
Elise 9-1 (8-11) Always in rear, 9th of 11, 31l behind Congressional (8-11) at Leicester 1m 2yo mdn fll (4) gf.
Shellatana 40-1 (8-2) Outpaced, last of 20, 29l behind Lyrical Sound (8-3) at Leicester 6f 2yo mdn aut (7) gd in Aug.
