led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened and hung badly left final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
broke well, soon steadied, ridden and headway over 1f out, driven to lead inside final furlong, ran on
soon pushed along in rear, hung left final furlong
prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
dwelt, soon with leaders, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
broke well, soon held up, ridden halfway, switched right and stayed on final furlong
slowly into stride, held up, ridden, headway and switched right over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
slowly into stride, chased leaders halfway, ridden and weakened final furlong
This is easily the best two-year-old race to be run this term so far with all seven of the 10 runners to have raced previously with at least one win to their names and experience is likely to be the key with marginal preference for Gilded ahead of Stir Crazy and Il Palio. The last mentioned is closely matched with Urban Warrior on their running at Kempton last month. Mark Wallace's Southwell winner Chief Editor would probably want a softer surface being by Tomba, while Love In May is likely to find this tougher than the race that he won at Lingfield. Resignation looks the pick of the three newcomers although a bigger threat is likely to come from Mick Channon's Stir Crazy, who stepped up on his debut effort when opening his account at Lingfield last time. The vote though goes to Gilded, who improved dramatically on his debut run behind Il Palio when winning at Warwick two weeks ago and is taken to reverse earlier form and follow up that success.
Il Palio (IRE) 8-1 (8-8) Made all, clear over 1f out, ran on well, just held on, won at Kempton 5f 2yo mdn aut (5) pol in Mar beating Urban Warrior (8-7) by a shd, 8 ran.
Stir Crazy (IRE) 7-2 (8-8) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 5f 2yo mdn aut (5) pol beating Hucking Hill (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 5 ran.
Gilded (IRE) 11-10fav (9-0) Prominent, led over 1f out, hung right just inside final furlong, ran on, won at Warwick 5f 2yo mdn fll (5) gs beating Gradetime (8-9) by 2l, 11 ran.
Love In May (IRE) 8-1 (8-7) Mid-division, headway halfway, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Lingfield 5f 2yo stk (4) pol in Mar beating Spoof Master (8-9) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Chief Editor 10-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, held up behind, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Southwell 5f 2yo mdn aut (6) fbs beating Urban Warrior (8-9) by a hd, 7 ran.
Lord Charles 25-1 (8-11) Slow into stride, soon well outpaced, not on terms when switched right over 1f out, ran on well inside final furlong, led last stride, won at Lingfield 5f 2yo mdn aut (6) pol beating Pernomente (9-0) by a hd, 10 ran.
Urban Warrior 7-4fav (9-3) Made all, ridden out, won at Folkestone 5f 2yo mdn aut (6) gs beating Rippling River (9-3) by 1l, 8 ran.
Deadshot Keen (IRE) Invincible Spirit gelding, half-brother to winning miler Play Master.
Resignation (IRE) Invincible Spirit colt, half-brother to several winning sprinters.
Excellent Art Pivotal colt, half-brother to numerous winners between 7f & 2m4f.
