awkwardly away keen held up in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened approaching final furlong
raced wide close up, pushed along 5f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, not pace to challenge
led 2f, pressed leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden 2f out, every chance from over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
held up in touch in rear, headway over 1f out, led just inside final furlong, ran on, readily
led after 2f, ridden 2f out, headed just inside final furlong, no extra
Sark was dropped 5lb after a moderate nursery debut and showed the benefit by scoring over this track and trip. That was only his fifth start and there should be more to come but KHISMET has run twice here and won both times. She didn't look at her best in a strong nursery at Lingfield last time and can maintain her successful sequence. Trespassed was behind her on his debut and doesn't look to have progressed enough to turn the tables. Holiday Henry landed a Lingfield seller before beaten in two nurseries though he didn't get the best of runs in the latter of them on this track. Artful Mind's three runs have all been on this track and he hasn't been beaten far and Repeat Offender has run at a slightly higher level since a winning debut here in June.
Khismet 14-1 (8-7) Close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 9 1/4l behind Bag of Diamonds (8-0) at Lingfield 1m (3) pol in Dec.
Sark (IRE) 11-1 (9-7) Held up, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on, won at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (6) pol in Nov beating Goldenfield (9-4) by nk, 10 ran.
Repeat Offender (IRE) 33-1 (8-7) Led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 12l behind Bag of Diamonds (8-0) at Lingfield 1m (3) pol in Dec.
Trespassed (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, held up in mid-division, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to threaten, 6th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Frozen Force (8-10) at Kempton 1m (5) pol in Dec.
Artful Mind 9-4 (9-10) Chased leaders, effort well over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 6, 4 1/4l behind Sahalin (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Holiday Henry (USA) 16-1 (8-1) Handy, ridden and hung left into rival over 1f out, beaten after, outpaced final furlong, 5th of 7, 3 3/4l behind Nokhada (9-4) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f (3) pol in Dec.