slowly into stride, held up, effort on outside over 1f out, ridden and weakened
in touch, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakening when bumped inside final furlong
held up, not clear run from over 2f out to over 1f out, switched right, ran on inside final furlong, not reach leaders
held up last, headway on bit to lead inside final furlong cheekily
held up in touch, ridden and kept on same pace final furlong
led, headed over 8f out, tracked leader after, ridden and led over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, every chance and edged left inside final furlong, unable to quicken close home
tracked leader, led over 8f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Absolute Utopia is the pick to beat Scotty's Future, Steely Dan, Burgundy and Captain Darling in the final race on the card. Scotty's Future is a law unto himself sometimes as he showed when throwing in the towel behind Vortex at Wolverhampton, but still retains enough ability to be dangerous at this level. He has in fact won on his last two visits to Lingfield, most recently when scoring in selling company, but has nothing in hand over Absolute Utopia whom he beat a neck only just over three weeks ago. John Spearing's charge can now renew rivalry on 12lb better terms which should be more than enough to help turn the tables. In addition, he is even more well in compared to an earlier narrow defeat by today's topweight and must have a major say here. Steely Dan has been in fine fettle over the past few weeks, and although upped in the weights slightly, should be prominent and can reach the frame at least. Burgundy and Captain Darling were both beaten favourites last time, but have claims on their best form. However, at the weights, Absolute Utopia has leading claims and gets the vote.
