made most until ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace
pressed leader until ridden 2f out, kept on same pace
tracked leading trio, ridden 3f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no threat to winner
tracked leading trio, headway to lead over 1f out, pushed out, comfortable
slowly into stride, ridden along to press leader after 1f until 2f out, kept on same pace
Dark Wonder hasn't run on an artificial surface and has only shown moderate form on Turf. Spindle has a course and distance victory to her credit and has a penalty to carry which might just hand the initiative to PADLOCK (NAP). Dave Simcock's colt is related to a host of winners and cost 65,000gns. He made a promising start at Wolverhampton and with normal progress should be good enough. High Intensity's pedigree suggests he'll need further but it's too early to write off Go Grazeon though she may be better off in a nursery.
Spindle (IRE) 5-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 4f out, outpaced when short of room over 2f out, rallied inside final furlong, no extra closing stages, 2nd of 4, 3l behind Yeenaan (9-7) at Windsor 1m 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) hvy in Oct.
Dark Wonder (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Raced centre, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 11, 9l behind Great Park (9-4) at Newmarket 7f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) sft in Oct.
High Intensity Sir Percy colt out of Woodbeck.
Padlock (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) In touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 4th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Gentlemusic (8-9) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) in Oct.
Go Grazeon 66-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, no extra over 1f out, 4th of 13, 11l behind Mobsta (9-5) at Doncaster 6f 2yo mdn (5) sft.