started slowly, behind, ridden and headway 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never able to challenge
took keen hold, in touch to halfway
pulled hard, headway 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
behind, no headway final 2f
behind most of way, never near leaders
close up untill weakened rappidly 3f out, tailed off
prominent, chased winner over 2f out to approaching final furlong, faded final furlong
in touch, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
soon chased winner, losing place when hampered on rail inside final 2f, weakened over 1f out
in mid-division, ridden 3f out, soon weakened
close up, effort 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong
started slowly, soon recovered took lead after 2f, ridden 2f out, clear entering final furlong, ran on strongly
started slowly, recovered and soon prominent, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
Unless the newcomer Sofistication proves to be out of the ordinary, this should go to Mr Lambros, who gets the verdict over Sir Laughalot. The last mentioned ran well when finding just Compton Banker too good in a handicap over course and distance two starts ago but disappointed here last time and may not be too reliable. African Star showed signs of ability at Southwell last time and, along with the reappearing Dusk Dancer, has to be respected. The Terry Mills-trained Sofistication gets all the allowances going and would not need to be anything out of the ordinary to take a hand but the vote goes to Mr Lambros. Andrew Balding's colt ran a race full of promise here over six furlongs in November when a close third behind Petardias Magic. With improvement to come for that outing, Mr Lambros gets the vote.