slowly away, held up, headway on outer to press leaders over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led 1f, tracked leader until over 3f out, outpaced when pace quickened over 2f out, rallied approaching final furlong, stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong
towards rear, never on terms
slowly away in rear, ridden and outpaced 2f out, kept on towards finish
keen early, tracked leaders, pressed leader over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
keen close up, progress over 3f out, outpaced when pace quickened over 2f out, headway to chase leader over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
led after 1f, set steady pace until quickened over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong
Fulgora has won over hurdles and fences and found only one too good on her debut on the Flat at this track. She has to give plenty of weight to the three-year-old EL MASSIVO in this and the latter showed improvement for the step up to 1m3f at Kempton last month. With further progress expected over this extra furlong, Willie Jarvis' colt gets the nod. Mirth was well beaten on her debut over a mile at Southwell despite finishing second but her breeding offers little encouragement over middle-distances although Bestfootforward should appreciate the greater test of stamina and finish closer.
Big Kahuna 33-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway and in touch on outside 4f out, led briefly over 2f out, ridden and no impression when lost 3rd over 1f out, soon weakened, 6th of 8, 26l behind Megastar (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Fulgora 20-1 (9-4) Chased leader, led briefly over 2f out, lost 2nd 2f out, rallied to 2nd again close home, no chance with winner, 2nd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Cousin Khee (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 5f mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
Bestfootforward 10-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, 6th of 10, 8l behind Ioannou (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Lion's Maid 66-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, led over 3f out to over 2f out, weakened and eased over 1f out, 7th of 8, 44l behind Megastar (9-9) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Culture Trip 66-1 (9-5) Raced wide in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, last of 9, 19l behind Al Enbess (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 3yo mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
El Massivo (IRE) 5-1 (8-4) Tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd near finish, no chance with winner, 2nd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Magical Kingdom (8-4) at Kempton 1m 3f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Mirth 9-4 (8-9) Led, headed over 5f out, tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, chase winner 2f out, soon outpaced, 2nd of 6, 8l behind Naalatt (8-9) at Southwell 1m mdn fll (5) fbs in Feb.
