Nightjar held up towards rear, headway 2f out, ridden to lead just over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, ran on well
Storm Sir held up in mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon switched right, carried badly right over 1f out, ran on to take 2nd well inside final furlong, no chance with winner
Mille Feuille always prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon swerved right and headed, one pace
Bid To The Beat held up in touch, lost place over 3f out, kept on same pace final furlong
Cigalas soon led, headed over 1f out, soon ridden and hung right, weakened well inside final furlong, saddle slipped
Marchingontogether always prominent, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Lekezia held up in touch, weakened over 2f out
Our Dolly held up, always towards rear
High Coincidence dwelt, always in rear
Park Run always in rear
Man Appeal took keen hold, led early, chased leader to 2f out, soon weakened and eased, saddle slipped
Analyis of the race
This probably did not take a lot of winning, and several of the horses beat themselves by hanging badly in the straight.
NIGHTJAR was not immune, going right all the way from the furlong mark, but that did not stop him forging clear in the last 100 yards for an emphatic victory.
The winner, who cost $200,000 as a yearling, had finished down the field in two previous outings on the all-weather at Lingfield, and on this evidence he is more at home on turf.
Storm Sir, second to subsequent Greenham Stakes winner Paco Boy on his debut at Newbury last September, had failed to build on that promise in two outings since. But he bounced back to something like his Newbury form here and would have given Nightjar a race of it but for being hamperedby the hanging Mille Feuille a furlong out.
Cigalas, another horse making a return toaction after a ten-month break, had hung right when last seen at Doncaster last September and did so again here. Michael Hills reported his saddle slipped.
Tote
Tote Win: 0
Tote place (1): 3.1
Tote place (2): 1.3
Tote place (3): 1.5
Exacta: 46.4
CSF: 65.8
Total SP: 109
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