dwelt, in rear, niggled along over 5f out, pushed along and headway on inside over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on to take 2nd inside final furlong, no impression on winner
always well placed, pushed along and went 2nd just over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on
held up and behind, effort 3f out, soon pushed along, weakened 2f out
led, headed over 2f out, soon pushed along, ridden and weakened well over 1f out
with leader, reminders over 3f out, led over 2f out, soon pushed along, ridden just over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon beaten
took keen hold in mid-division, dropped rear and hard ridden over 5f out, soon struggling, tailed off when eased well over 3f out
prominent, niggled along briefly over 6f out, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
Baltic Song never figured over a mile on his recent debut and this is a big step up in trip. But Top Power was narrowly beaten over 1m2f at Newcastle last time and is not out of this if lasting home. Alpasu ran well for third without threatening the winner over course and distance on his debut but YDRA finished runner-up over track and trip on his introduction and Archie Watson’s colt gets the vote on that form with stablemate Surrey Breeze harder to fancy.
Alpasu (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Led, edged left 6f out, headed over 1f out, no impression on winner and lost 2nd well inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Almost Midnight (9-2) at Kempton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Baltic Song (IRE) 7-2 (9-5) Slowly into stride, hampered on inside over 2f out, modest late headway, no impression, 8th of 12, 8 1/2l behind Mister Chiang (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m mdn stks (3) pol in Dec.
Surrey Breeze (IRE) 5-2 (9-2) Held up in touch, driven to chase leaders over 2f out, soon ridden and no impression, weakened inside final furlong, last of 7, 7l behind Brasca (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (4) pol in Nov.
Top Power (FR) 11-2 (9-2) Led after 1f, ridden over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, headed final strides, 2nd of 9, hd behind One Vision (9-2) at Newcastle 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Ydra 7-2 (8-13) In touch, pushed along and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on one pace, 2nd of 8, 2 1/4l behind Paradise Boy (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (6) pol in Jan.
Astrosparkle 100-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, soon mid-division, outpaced over 2f out, soon beaten, 7th of 9, 16 1/4l behind Harvey Dent (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (6) pol in Jan.
Enyama (GER) 33-1 (8-8) Dwelt raced green and pushed along towards rear, effort on outside over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 12 1/4l behind Paradise Boy (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (6) pol in Jan.