midfield, outpaced over 3f out, kept on approaching final furlong, never troubled leaders
chased leaders, weakened over 3f out, eased over 1f out
slowly into stride, midfield but in touch, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, stayed on same pace approaching final furlong
dwelt, took keen hold tracking leaders, driven to challenge over 2f out, went 2nd entering final furlong, kept on well closing stages
behind, soon pushed along, weakened over 3f out
tracked leader, led over 2f out, hard driven inside final furlong, held on gamely
Yesterday's heavy rain will mean testing conditions. SIGHTLINE is out of a mare who has produced winners with her first two foals to race and she made a very encouraging debut behind the odds-on Zest at Doncaster. That experience should count here and she should win races this season beginning here unless Mazaz is something special. A son of Galileo, he's entered in the Dante and the Derby and wouldn't be travelling from Newmarket to this stiff track without good cause. School Fete also comes up from Headquarters and he'll be much better suited by today's track and trip than over a mile at Lingfield last month where he was staying on under pressure. Head High was well beaten when runner-up on his debut at Hamilton but ran well for a long way at Wolverhampton in October and should make progress while Clayton Hall, who made a promising start at Wolverhampton, is better than he showed back there last month.
Clayton Hall (IRE) 11-4 (9-5) Broke well, soon tracking leaders, pushed along over 3f out, under pressure over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 7 3/4l behind Muthraab Aldaar (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Head High (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Upset in stalls, chased leader, led over 6f out, ridden hung left and headed over 1f out, lost 2nd well inside final furlong, dropped to 4th near finish, 4th of 9, 1 1/2l behind Loading (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Oct.
Louvencourt (FR) 11-2 (8-11) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 7f out until 5f out, pushed along over 2f out, edged left and weakened over 1f out, 5th of 9, 10 1/4l behind Ban Shoof (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Mazaz (IRE) Galileo colt out of Ice Mint.
School Fete (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Dwelt keen held up, pushed along and kept on to press for 2nd near finish, 3rd of 6, 6 1/4l behind Abareeq (9-5) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Shulammite Man (IRE) 50-1 (8-13) Outpaced after 1f, never a factor, last of 5, 19l behind White Shaheen (8-11) at Southwell 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Sogno D'amore (USA) 12-1 (9-5) Tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, lost place 2f out, 4th of 5, 12 1/2l behind Gambit (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Sightline 14-1 (9-0) Held up, pushed along and headway over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Zest (9-0) at Doncaster 1m mdn fll stks (5) gs in Oct.
