in touch, pushed along 3f out, headway to chase leading pair 2f out, soon ridden and no impression, faded inside final furlong
raced wide towards rear, ridden and weakened over 2f out
towards rear, ridden over 4f out, never a factor
made all, ridden and ran on final furlong
tracked winner early, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, soon weakened
always in rear, ridden 3f out, no impression
headway on outer to press winner after 1f, ridden and every chance over 1f out, ran on
Rated 74, Hombre Rojo proved a shade disappointing last time when a well beaten third and SACRED TRUST may well improve past him today. The latter was unfancied in the betting when also third at Lingfield on his racecourse debut and Hugo Palmer's colt should go close with normal progress. Lord Huntingdon and Final Choice made little impression on their respective introductions and one of the newcomers could prove a bigger threat. That includes Paranormal but Dangerous Thought and Ras Al Mal are both related to pattern race winners and make more appeal.
Dangerous Thought (USA) Super Saver colt out of Trepidation.
Final Choice 28-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, always towards rear, never on terms, 8th of 12, 15 1/4l behind Mutawaaly (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (5) pol in Dec.
Fine Share (IRE) 33-1 (8-9) Soon towards rear, well beaten over 2f out, last of 13, dist behind Ripoll (9-3) at Kempton 1m (6) pol in Nov.
Hombre Rojo (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Towards rear, headway on wide outside 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, took 3rd final 50 yards, 3rd of 12, 6 1/4l behind Ennaadd (9-5) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (6) pol in Dec.
Lord Huntingdon 14-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, behind, driven over 2f out, kept on from over 1f out, never near leaders, 6th of 9, 11 1/2l behind Manson (9-5) at Kempton 7f mdn stks (4) pol in Nov.
Paranormal (IRE) Pivotal colt out of Clairvoyance.
Ras Al Mal (IRE) Tamayuz colt out of Midnight Glimmer.
Sacred Trust 20-1 (9-5) In rear, pushed along over 1f out, ran on to go 3rd near finish, 3rd of 9, 4 1/4l behind Next Stage (9-5) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.