steadied start, held up in rear, headway on inside and plenty to do when hampered over 1f out, soon switched right, ran on well between horses to lead final 125 yards, soon clear
mid-division, headway on outside chasing leaders over 2f out, ridden well over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, went 2nd on inside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, soon every chance, weakened inside final furlong
soon chasing leaders on outside, pushed along halfway, weakened well over 1f out
raced keenly, held up towards rear, headway on inside 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out
steadied start, held up, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on, went 2nd towards finish, not reach winner
led, hung right and headed over 2f out, soon hampered and weakened, behind and eased over 1f out
chased leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed and no extra final 125 yards
Poetic Imagination has shown steady improvement in novice company without threatening and makes her handicap debut along with Equilibrium. Mr Gent was beaten only a neck at Kempton on his handicap bow and can race off the same mark but REVERBERATION may just edge proeedings. The latter was placed in a higher grade than this at Epsom in October and should be in the firing-line with a similar effort. Bezos steps up in class after a second at Chelmsford and Swissal scored over 6f at the same track last time but is 6lb higher.
Blacklooks (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 8, 16 1/4l behind Armed Response (9-7) at Newcastle 6f (4) pol in Dec.
Mr Gent (IRE) 6-1 (9-6) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, 3rd over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, every chance soon after, just held close home, 2nd of 11, nk behind Cristal Pallas Cat (8-9) at Kempton 7f (5) pol in Dec.
Poetic Imagination 3-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 4th of 11, 2 1/2l behind Point Hope (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f fll stks (5) pol in Dec.
By Royal Approval (IRE) 33-1 (9-7) Led stands side group, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 20, 4 3/4l behind Lexington Grace (9-6) at Newmarket 7f (5) gf in Oct.
Phoenix Lightning (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, mid-division on outside, ridden and no headway final 2f, 8th of 11, 10 1/4l behind Shrewd Approach (8-7) at Epsom 7f (4) hvy in Oct.
Laubali 9-1 (9-2) Held up, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 3l behind Royal Prospect (9-2) at Newcastle 6f stks (4) pol in Nov.
Swissal (IRE) 7-2jfav (9-4) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on, won at Chelmsford City 6f (6) pol in Dec beating Mother of Dragons (9-9) by 1 1/4l, 9 ran.
Equilibrium 100-1 (8-11) Led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 12, 3 3/4l behind Mutaaqeb (9-2) at Yarmouth 6f stks (4) sft in Sep.
Bezos (IRE) 11-4fav (9-9) Chased leaders, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 11, 1 3/4l behind Roseau City (9-2) at Chelmsford City 7f (6) pol in Dec.
Reverberation 22-1 (8-7) Chased leading pair on inside, ridden and lost 3rd over 1f out, rallied into 3rd again and kept on towards finish, 3rd of 11, 1 1/2l behind Shrewd Approach (8-7) at Epsom 7f (4) hvy in Oct.
