led, ridden and pressed under 1f out, headed 110 yards out, kept on, no extra
slowly away, in rear, ridden well over 2f out, soon outpaced and beaten
handy, pushed along and pressed leader under 1f out, ridden and led final 110 yards, ran on well to assert closing stages
slowly away, in rear, ridden well over 2f out, kept on to take 3rd close home, no chance with front pair
mid-division, ridden 2f out, stayed on same pace
chased leaders, ridden well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
Soi Dao improved on her Lingfield debut when only beaten a length at Southwell but BELUGA GOLD only need to run up to the form he showed on a couple of runs on Turf last year to make it third-time lucky, though Stevenson ran well over course and debut on debut and can only improve. Newcomer Fifty Sent has already been gelded but is a half-brother to two winners so can’t be ignored.
Beluga Gold (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, switched left 110 yards out and renewed challenge close home, just failed, 2nd of 15, shd behind Jimi Hendrix (9-5) at Doncaster 7f mdn stks (5) sft in Oct.
Fifty Sent Dabirsim gelding out of Sentaril.
Stevenson 18-1 (8-11) In rear of midfield, headway between horses over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, ran on strongly final furlong, 3rd of 13, 1 1/4l behind Guilin (8-11) at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Baez 22-1 (9-0) Slowly away and in rear, some headway when ridden over 2f out, soon one pace, 10th of 13, 11 1/2l behind Suffrajet (9-0) at Nottingham 1m mdn fll stks (5) sft in Nov.
Soi Dao (IRE) 17-2 (8-6) Close up, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Griffin Park (8-11) at Southwell 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Whatasurprize 33-1 (9-0) Mid-division, pushed along and outpaced 2f out, no impression final furlong, 6th of 9, 5l behind Diligently Done (9-0) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (6) pol in Mar.