held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer
slowly into stride, soon prominent, led over 6f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened and eased final furlong,
tracked leaders, lost place 4f out, switched right over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on final furlong
led and set steady pace, headed over 6f out, ridden 4f out, soon weakened
raced keen tracking leaders, ridden over 2f out, not much room inside final furlong, stayed on
held up, headway over 5f out, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on
held up and keen, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on well
Lycian is useful at this level and bounced back to form when touched off behind Conundrum at Leicester last time. The handicapper has reacted by rasing Jamie Toller's colt 4lb but he remains on a handy mark and will relish the fast ground. Tarboush ended a longish losing sequence when making all on soft ground at Newbury over a mile. The son of Polish Precedent stays this trip but may not enjoy an easy lead in this bigger field but Kirov is the least exposed and is bred to appreciate this trip so may put a disappointing effort over a mile at Newmarket behind her off a 2lb lower mark.