chased leaders, led over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on well
chased leaders, lost place over 2f out
chased leaders, weakened well over 1f out
slowly into stride, in touch, outpaced over 2f out, stayed on well closing stages, never a threat
slowly into stride, in rear but in touch, headway over 1f out, switched left to challenge over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
with leader, every chance well over 1f out, soon weakened
CLASSIC SENIORITY has won a claiming race at Lingfield and went close again in a handicap at the same track last time. He may have enough to hold off the attentions of plating winner Millar Rose, whose best form has so far been over the minimum trip. Loti is lightly-raced and showed some progress on her latest start at Lingfield while Commander Patten drops in class but has no easy task on today's terms.
Classic Seniority 6-1 (8-6) Raced wide, prominent, ridden 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd near finish, 2nd of 7, 1/2l behind Lackaday (9-1) at Lingfield 6f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) pol in Dec.
Commander Patten (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Chased leaders, hard driven over 1f out, soon weakened, last of 7, 6l behind Blue Aegean (9-7) at Chelmsford City 5f 3yo hcp (4) pol.
Loti 33-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, no impression with front trio, 4th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Dusty Blue (9-0) at Lingfield 5f 3yo mdn stks (5) pol.
Doppler Effect 20-1 (8-8) Chased leaders, weakened halfway, 4th of 5, 16l behind Apache Storm (9-6) at Southwell 6f 3yo hcp (4) fbs.
Essaka (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Held up, ridden over 2f out, kept on, never nearer, 7th of 12, 3l behind Chetan (9-3) at Kempton 6f 2yo hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Oct.
Millar Rose (IRE) 15-2 (8-11) In touch, ridden and no impression final 2f, 6th of 11, 5l behind Little (8-11) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo sell stks (5) in Oct.
Tamarin 33-1 (8-5) Chased leaders, lost place over 2f out, last of 5, 19l behind Apache Storm (9-6) at Southwell 6f 3yo hcp (4) fbs.