held up, headway 5f out, ridden to lead approaching final furlong, ridden out
led, pushed along and headed approaching 6f out, weakened quickly, tailed off
held up towards rear, went prominent 5f out, ridden approaching 3f out, kept on inside final furlong
tracked leader, led approaching 6f out, headed over 4f out, ridden and no impression when not much room bend over 3f out
tracked leaders, ridden and outpaced approaching 2f out, kept on
held up towards rear, headway 8f out, ridden to lead approaching 2f out, headed approaching final furlong kept on
held up id-division, tracked leaders from halfway, led approaching 4f out, headed approaching 2f out, soon weakened
Magical Liaison has plenty of experience and deserves to find a race having been runner-up at Ludlow on his last two outings. However he may have to settle for second best again here behind Imperial Dream, who shaped with plenty of promise on his debut at Huntingdon. Henrietta Knight's five-year-old comes from the same family as Gold Cup winner Imperial Call and he is sure to be all the wiser now with that experience under his belt. Of the newcomers the flat bred Hartshead is one to keep an eye on. He is out of a mare that won over a mile on the level for Sir Michael Stoute and is from a stable that has won two of these bumpers in the last week.
