soon led, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong
chased leaders, led well over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied to lead again towards finish
slowly into stride, in rear, driven over 2f out, not much room and switched right just over 1f out, stayed on, never involved
prominent early, tracked leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, headed towards finish
towards rear, ridden and headway from 2f out, went 3rd inside final furlong, stayed on, no impression on front pair
mid-division, ridden and effort over 2f out, hung left over 1f out, soon beaten
led early, prominent, ridden and every chance 2f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Ifwecan was well beaten in this grade at Lingfield last time and blinkers are applied for the first time. Stonefield Flyer only won a claimer over 6f on the all-weather in January and has been beaten in a handicap subsequently while Piceno is best in soft ground. Evanescent, Al Khan and Jacbequick all scored over today's trip last season but return to action off higher marks. JUST PAUL also makes his seasonal debut but is on the same mark as when winning at Musselburgh last May so gets a speculative vote in an uninspiring handicap.
Ifwecan 6-1 (9-2) Towards rear, short of room and squeezed out over 2f out, not recover, 11th of 12, 7l behind Valbchek (9-7) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-95 (3) pol.
Al Khan (IRE) 9-1 (9-6) Raced stands' side, slowly into stride, always in rear, 11th of 14, 9l behind Baron Run (8-12) at Hamilton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sep.
Stonefield Flyer 5-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra, 7th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Dutiful Son (9-0) at Chelmsford City 6f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Regal Dan (IRE) 11-1 (9-3) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 9th of 19, 5l behind Zacynthus (8-13) at York 7f app hcp 0-85 (4) gs in Oct.
Jacbequick 16-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders in 3rd until outpaced over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 9, 2l behind Hostile Fire (8-13) at Thirsk 1m 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sep.
Just Paul (IRE) 9-2fav (8-13) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 9th of 11, 6l behind Comino (8-9) at Thirsk 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sep.
Piceno (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Led, clear over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd place close home, 3rd of 10, 3 1/2l behind True Pleasure (9-0) at Catterick 7f hcp 0-75 (5) gs.
Evanescent (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 5th of 21, 6l behind Mujazif (9-2) at Doncaster 7f app hcp 0-90 (3) hvy in Nov.