made all, ridden over 1f out, ran on, eased near finish
close up, pushed along and switched right inside final furlong, never a factor
soon tracked winner until ridden over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong to go 2nd final strides
rider removed hood early, anticipated start and hit gates slowly away in rear, weakened 2f out
SMIDGEN has to be forgiven a below par effort at Wolverhampton but made all at the same track before that. He may well bounce back in this given Gigawatt has done his winning over 7f so far and all of Lupo D'Oro's three victories have been over the minimum trip. Perfect Pastime ended last year with a win at Windsor and is 6lb higher on his return to action while Little Big Man has a longer absence to overcome having won over 7f here back in April.
Smidgen (IRE) 8-11fav (9-13) Led until well over 1f out, ridden hung left and lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 7, 8l behind Sir Billy Wright (9-6) at Wolverhampton 6f hacp 0-70 (5).
Gigawatt 4-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead entering final furlong, soon headed, kept on one pace, 4th of 9, 1 3/4l behind Pactolus (9-5) at Lingfield 7f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Feb.
Perfect Pastime 5-2fav (8-13) Broke well, soon held up in touch, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden clear, won at Windsor 5f hcp 0-70 (5) hvy in Oct beating Cardinal (9-1) by 2 1/4l, 8 ran.
Lupo D'Oro (IRE) 2-1fav (9-3) Dwelt, in touch in rear, headway on outer approaching final 2f, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Billy Red (8-10) at Lingfield 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in Feb.
Excellent Jem 33-1 (9-0) Prominent, led 6f out, ridden and headed over 3f out, weakened 2f out, 9th of 10, 28l behind Playtothewhistle (8-4) at Southwell 1m hacp 0-70 (5) fbs.
Little Big Man Evensfav (9-1) Chased leader, pushed along and plenty to do over 2f out, closed on inside over 1f out, led inside final furlong, driven out, won at Lingfield 7f 3yo clm stks (6) pol in Apr beating Black Vale (8-13) by 1 1/4l, 5 ran.