close up in 4th, headway to join winner 7f out, ridden over 2f out, kept on one pace
broke smartly, made all, joined 7f out until 2f out, ridden and hung right entering final furlong, soon straightened, driven out
tracked winner until 7f out, ridden to chase winner again over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, gaining near finish
tracked leaders, pushed along over 5f out, ridden 4f out, driven over 2f out, kept on same pace
Lacey scored over track and trip in December but hasn't looked like winning since and was over seven lengths behind Travel back at this course last month. The latter is also proving unreliable as she failed to land the odds in similar company here last week. TRACKS OF MY TEARS has the more consistent form, winning twice over 1m4f here and going close on another couple of occasions at the end of last year. She gets the nod despite returning from a lay-off. Turjuman and Mr Vendman arrive out of form and are hard to fancy.
Lacey 3-1 (8-12) Held up in last, pushed along over 3f out, outpaced from over 2f out, last of 5, 7l behind Travel (8-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Mar.
Travel (USA) 8-13fav (9-3) Led, joined 8f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 4, 4 1/2l behind Royal Defence (8-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 6f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Mar.
Tracks Of My Tears Evensfav (9-0) Held up, headway over 2f out, switched left and effort on inside over 1f out, ridden and ran on close home, just failed, 2nd of 7, shd behind Rainford Glory (9-0) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Mr Vendman (IRE) 6-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed over 3f out, not much room when beaten over 2f out, 5th of 10, 23l behind Atalanta Bay (9-6) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (0-55) (6) pol in Nov.
Turjuman (USA) 66-1 (8-6) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, never on terms, 7th of 11, 6l behind Amir Pasha (8-6) at Redcar 1m 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gf in May.