slowly into stride, held up, ridden and not clear run 1f out, switched left and no impression
slowly into stride, held up, switched right and headway over 1f out, hard ridden and edged left inside final furlong, led close home
held up in touch, slightly hampered over 4f out, ridden and every chance well over 1f out, stayed on one pace
led, ridden 3f out, headed over 1f out, eased once beaten inside final furlong
took keen hold, chased leader after 1f, ridden 2f out, weakened over 1f out
slowly into stride, held up, headway over 3f out, came wide entering straight, weakened final furlong
always prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed close home
took keen hold and prominent, switched right over 4f out, ridden and weakened 3f out
held up, ridden 4f out, headway over 2f out, stayed on same pace
chased leaders until lost place after 2f, not clear run on inside just over 2f out, headway well over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong
Laconicos can defy topweight in the nursery, with Swift Oscar and Hits Only Cash seen as the main dangers. Laconicos posted a few good efforts on Turf this year, notably when short-headed by Berkhamsted on his Leicester debut for David Loder. The winner is very highly rated by Jamie Osborne, who must have been impressed by the performance of the runner-up that day, so much in fact that he has now taken charge of the juvenile, owned by Pat Eddery's syndicate. He needed the run when unplaced here recently, having been off the track since July, and will give his owners plenty of fun throughout the winter. Swift Oscar is going the right way and makes his nursery debut today, while Hits Only Cash improved for the step up to today's trip here last time and should figure. They appear to be the main contenders, but with more scope than most, Laconicos is the pick.
