led, ridden and faced challenge over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, just headed towards finish
slowly away, soon ridden for effort, tracked leader at halfway, pushed along over 2f out, outpaced and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up last, pushed along into 2nd over 1f out, challenged leader inside final furlong, led towards finish, gamely
Highland Dress returned a beaten favourite dropped back down to today’s trip at Lingfield. He gets a change of headgear today but is taken on with the returning ALJADY. The latter made a winning seasonal debut when recording the first of last year’s four wins and Bob Cowell’s charge should take to the surface racing on the all-weather for the first time. May Sonic is still improving but has a tough task on these terms.
Aljady (FR) 4-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, pushed along halfway, went 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 10, 3 1/2l behind Dakota Gold (9-5) at Nottingham 5f lst stks (1) sft in Oct.
Highland Dress 7-2fav (9-5) Raced wide tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, ridden and weakened final furlong, 8th of 12, 3 1/4l behind Summerghand (9-5) at Lingfield 6f stks (2) pol in Apr.
May Sonic 85-40fav (8-13) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out weakened into 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 7, 6l behind Great Ambassador (8-8) at Kempton 6f hcp (2) pol in Mar.