always in rear, pushed along 5f out, outpaced over 3f out, tailed off
led 1f, tracked leader until ridden over 3f out, kept on same pace final 2f
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
in rear, headway on outer to track leader 3f out, led 2f out, ridden clear and flashed tail entering final furlong, eased towards finish
dwelt in touch, ridden and lost place 5f out, outpaced over 3f out, eased over 2f out, detached
in touch, ridden over 3f out, headway under pressure to chase leading pair over 1f out, kept on same pace
led after 1f, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on one pace
Vexillum won over track and trip off a slightly lower mark last season but was well beaten in a claimer the last time he raced on the Flat. Authentication wasn't beaten far at Pontefract last time but that was over 2m2f in testing ground. Gabrial The Thug posted a better effort on his latest start but that was on the Fibresand at Southwell and LACEY makes most appeal in this. He went close over a longer trip here last month but scored over 1m5f at Lingfield earlier and gets the nod on that form.
Vexillum (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Close up, headway to challenge leaders over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 5, 6l behind Yasir (9-4) at Leicester 1m 4f (6) sft in Oct.
Song Of The Siren 25-1 (8-10) Keen tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, soon outpaced, last of 6, 31l behind Mr Burbidge (9-9) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Authentication 8-1 (8-10) Keen tracked leaders, led over 2f out, soon headed, kept on one pace, 4th of 7, 2 1/2l behind Madam Lilibet (9-0) at Pontefract 2m 2f hcp 0-75 (5) hvy in Oct.
Lacey 9-2 (9-2) Tracked leader, ridden to challenge over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, one pace, 3rd of 11, 2 1/4l behind Jawaab (9-3) at Wolverhampton 2m hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Nov.
Gabrial The Thug (FR) 20-1 (8-5) Behind, headway 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never reached leaders, 4th of 11, 10l behind Honoured (9-1) at Southwell 1m 4f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Nov.
Rancho Montoya (IRE) 15-2 (9-3) Chased leaders, led over 2f out, soon headed and weakened, 3rd of 12, 17l behind Tracks Of My Tears (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Nov.
Fire In Babylon (IRE) 25-1 (8-13) Behind, detached final 4f, last of 10, well behind Spiritual Art (9-6) at Lingfield 1m 3f hcp 0-55 (6) gf in Aug.