raced keen in touch, headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on one pace final furlong
held up mid-division, headway to lead 3f out, ridden clear over 1f out, hard driven final furlong, eased and held on close home
chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon beaten
held up towards rear, headway 4f out, chased winner over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, just failed
held up in rear, head well over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, too much to do
soon led, headed 3f out out, gradually weakened
slowly into stride, in rear, headway 3f out, kept on over 1f out, nearest finish
chased leaders until well over 1f out, soon weakened
held up on wide outside in touch, ridden and under pressure 4f out, weakened 2f out
tracked leader, effort 3f out, soon ridden and weakened final furlong
held up mid-division, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never dangerous
A competitive and interesting line-up for this Listed Race, with the Winter Derby winner, Adiemus, Cambridegshire winner and fifth, Beauchamp Pilot (who just has the edge at the weights) and Kirovski, German raider Aljaarif, who has won 16 races, dual Classic winner - and fourth in the St James's Palace Stakes, Dupont, the Listed Newmarket winner Lagudin (on good to soft), dual Cambridgeshire-placed, Man O'Mystery and Simon Dow's October York winner, Londoner, are all among a field chasing the ¿30,000 prize-money. It is hard to escape the class of Dupont, and he gets the TEAMtalk vote in a very good contest and despite his six-pound penalty.
