slowly away, raced keenly in last, headway over 1f out, went 3rd and switched left inside final furlong, kept on
raced keenly, soon prominent, led 5f out, headed over 2f out, led again over 1f out headed entering final furlong, no impression towards finish
keen and led early, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, effort and switched left over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
soon led, headed 5f out, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
chased leaders, effort and switched right over 1f out, led and edged left entering final furlong, kept on well
Lincoln Dream had shown the occasional glimpses of ability in handicaps before landing a 6f claimer here when he stayed on strongly. He had Say Grace five lengths behind and should have no problems confirming the form but Golden Whisper would probably win this on her placed effort on Polytrack in December. However, she disappointed in her next two starts though takes a drop in class and has to be respected. JACKMEISTER RUDI was staying on over 6f on his Chelmsford debut and didn't get the run of the race over this trip at Lingfield 10 days ago. He has more scope than these rivals and gets the nod.
Gurkhali Warrior (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) Went right start, headway to lead 8f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 22 1/4l behind Vaxholm (9-12) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp (6) pol in Jan.
Jackmeister Rudi 10-1 (9-10) In rear, pushed along over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 5th of 7, 3 1/4l behind Attentive (9-5) at Lingfield 7f stks (6) pol in Jan.
Lincoln Dream (IRE) 10-3 (8-2) In touch towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, headway approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on to lear inside final furlong, won at Wolverhampton 6f stks (6) pol in Jan beating Sir Duke (8-5) by 1 3/4l, 10 ran.
Golden Whisper 25-1 (8-5) Chased leaders out wide, went 2nd 5f out until wide turning in, weakened soon after, 7th of 11, 12 1/2l behind Wyvern (8-10) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Say Grace (IRE) 4-1 (8-12) Raced wide, in touch, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, 8th of 10, 4 3/4l behind Lincoln Dream (8-2) at Wolverhampton 6f stks (6) pol in Jan.