dwelt and slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along 3f out, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and hung right, ran on
held up, weakened over 2f out, tailed off final 2f
tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace
led, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened 2f out
close up, progress 3f out, ridden to chase leader over 1f out, kept on same pace
SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL appears to making hard work of chalking up his first win, but did nothing wrong when placed behind the well regarded Yaseer in December and the progressive Geordie Iris last time. Mark Johnston's charge should take care of these rivals unless Barbican turns out to be useful. The latter makes his racecourse debut here and, as a half-brother to a high-class turf winner in the USA, is worth noting for the future whatever happens today. Storm Tide stands out from the remainder who look up against it.
Barbican Hurricane Run colt out of The Faraway Tree.
Big City Boy (IRE) 100-1 (9-3) Dwelt and bumped start, chased leaders, hard driven halfway, weakened over 1f out, last of 5, 21l behind Cloud Illusions (8-12) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Dec.
School For Scandal (IRE) 6-4fav (9-6) Tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, ridden to lead and edged left over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 5, 1 3/4l behind Geordie Iris (9-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Star Danser 25-1 (8-7) Dwelt tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 6, 8l behind Wilfred Pickles (9-13) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Ippi N Tombi (IRE) 100-1 (8-2) Led, headed over 4f out, ridden to lead again over 1f out, headed and kept on inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 4l behind Wilfred Pickles (9-13) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Storm Tide 10-1 (8-5) Keen held up, ridden 2f out, kept on to go 4th near finish, 4th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Diplomatic (9-13) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol.