held up, headway on inner over 1f out, not much room inside final furlong, stayed on
chased leaders, went 2nd 3f out to over 1f out, weakened final furlong
led after 1f and set good pace, pushed four lengths clear 1f out, headed and not pace of winner final 75 yards, lost 2nd near finish
in touch, unbalanced, not handled down hill and lost place, ridden over 3f out, soon no impression
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, stayed on same pace final 2f
soon lost place on inner and raced towards rear, headway and edged left over 2f out, chased leading pair over 1f out, quickened well to lead final 75 yards, comfortably
slow into stride, behind, effort on wide outside 3f out soon beaten
slowly away, behind, headway and switched sharply left over 1f out, no impression after
held up in rear, some late headway, never nearer
led 1f, in touch, hard ridden 3f out, kept on same pace final 2f
prominent, ridden to chase clear leader over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to take 2nd near finish, not pace of winner
towards rear, stayed on under pressure from over 1f out, never reached leader
in mid-division when bumped halfway, soon lost place
took keen hold, prominent to over 3f out, weakened rapidly, tailed off
chased leader after 1f to 3f out, weakened 2f out
behind, headway on wide outside, hung left final 2f, stayed on
raced wide in mid-division, well behind final 2f
raced in mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
The John Hills-trained Dancing Lyra holds solid claims on the bare evidence of his second to Gatwick at Goodwood last month, but the handicapper has raised the son of Alzao 3lbs for that and he may not be able to give weight away all round, so preference is for Mark Johnston's Master Marvel, who gets the vote over Mystical Girl. The last mentioned is more exposed than most of these but is holding her form well, however, stablemate Master Marvel has plenty going for him. The son of Selkirk made a winning start to his career in handicaps when successful at Newmarket last month, giving the indication that there would be more to come over today's longer trip, which should offset the 7lb rise in the weights. There are plenty of other unexposed rival sin opposition including Sir Michael Stoute's York third Lord Mayor, the Peter Harris-trained Alekhine and Over The Rainbow from the stable of Barry Hills. The booking of Richard Hughes for Gary Moore's Prime Powered takes the eye and he is another worthy of a mention, along with another of Mark Johnston's representatives Fort. However, stablemate Master Marvel holds solid claims and gets the vote.
