dwelt, held up in rear, outpaced over 4f out, headway 3f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, stayed on well, not reached winner
tracked winner, effort 2f out, soon one pace
slowly into stride, headway under pressure 4f out, chased winner approaching final furlong, weakened close home
chased leaders, ridden well over 3f out, soon beaten
reared start, soon led, quickened 8f out, ridden over 1f out, edged right final furlong, held on well
Nonrunner
Atlantic Story is preferred to Evident Pride and Vainglory. Two rapidly progressive horses head the weights here and, in many respects, Evident Pride has the stronger form claims. Brett Johnson's charge has been making steady progress through the ranks and has won his last two starts at this trip, including one over course and distance. In contrast, Atlantic Story's winning spree has come over a mile and he's come up short on three previous runs at around this trip. However, he's a different horse now and has won eight of his ten all-weather starts. He could still be ahead of the game and has a blistering turn of foot which could prove crucial. Fusili can be relied upon to run her race but is thoroughly exposed and of more interest is the lightly raced Vainglory. That said, he does need to improve if he's to trouble the two principals and Atlantic Story is preferred.
Evident Pride (USA) 6-4fav (9-6) Behind in touch, headway on inside 2f out, going well and ridden to lead just over 1f out, ridden out, won at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Dec beating Northern Spy (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 8 ran.
Atlantic Story (USA) 11-4 (8-8) Broke well, soon heavily restrained in 3rd place, ridden to lead inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Lingfield 1m hcap (2) pol in Dec beating Orchard Supreme (9-5) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
Lisathedaddy 12-1 (8-13) Held up, headway 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, 6th of 7, 20l behind Candle (8-13) at Goodwood 1m 4f fll hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Fusili (IRE) 14-1 (8-13) Led, driven and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 8, 9l behind Baylini (8-13) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-85 (4) pol.
Mafeking (UAE) 7-2 (8-1) Tracked leaders, effort over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 4, 1 1/2l behind Millville (9-11) at Lingfield 1m 4f hcp 0-100 (2) pol.
Vainglory (USA) 7-4fav (8-9) Held up behind leaders, ridden halfway, headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Partners In Jazz (8-12) at Southwell 1m hcp 0-100 (2) fbs.