took keen hold, tracked leader, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
dwelt badly, behind, headway on outside over 2f out, went close 2nd well inside final furlong, stayed on
chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, lost place over 2f out
led, ridden over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, headed well inside final furlong, no extra close home
chased leaders, steadied after 1f, headway over 3f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
slowly away, in rear, outpaced over 3f out, never involved
held up in mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 1f out, went 4th inside final furlong, no impression
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
Ajero, who is making his Flat debut, boasts a terrific strike-rate over hurdles, though fell when odds on at Huntingdon last month. Earth Giant was a disappointing favourite at Wolverhampton 10 days ago but Lost Gold made a winning debut at that track in December and can’t be ignored, despite shouldering a penalty. Luminous Light is also penalised for winning at Goodwood last summer so is giving 7lb to Nathanael Greene, gelded after a staying-on third over this trip at Lingfield in the autumn. ECHO CHAMBER is a half-brother to three winners including the Group 2 and Group 3 winner Boomer. She led for a long way until getting outpaced on her Newmarket debut in October and the extra 3f here should be right up her street.
Lost Gold (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Raced wide close up, headway to chase leader 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Dec beating Screaming Petrus (9-3) by 1l, 8 ran.
Ajero (IRE) 8-11fav (11-11) Led, fell 4th, at Huntingdon 2m hcp (3) gd in Mar.
Earth Giant (IRE) 11-8fav (9-2) Held up in rear, ridden 3f out, no impression, 4th of 5, 5 3/4l behind Scampi (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Apr.
Luminous Light 5-4fav (9-6) Ran green leaving stalls, pulled hard, led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened quickly and dropped to rear over 1f out, last of 5, 22 1/2l behind Artaois (9-0) at Chester 1m stks (4) gd in Sep.
Nathanael Greene 9-4 (9-5) In touch, lost place over 3f out, pushed along 2f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 9, 3 3/4l behind Independent Act (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Trojan Truth Ulysses gelding out of Verity.
Echo Chamber (FR) 11-1 (9-0) Soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 12th of 15, 5 1/2l behind Ribbon Rose (9-0) at Newmarket 7f mdn fll stks (3) gs in Oct.
Rendition (IRE) 18-1 (9-0) Mid-division, pushed along 3f out, ridden along 2f out, switched right 1f out, kept on, 5th of 13, 6 3/4l behind Last Ammo (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Olympic Dream 50-1 (9-5) Off the pace and always towards rear, 10th of 12, 12l behind Natural World (9-5) at Newbury 1m 3f mdn stks (3) gd in Apr.