dwelt, held up, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, headway 3f out, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
tracked leaders, led over 2f out, 2 lengths clear over 1f out, caught near finish
stumbled badly leaving stalls, soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, kept on same pace
raced green in rear, pushed along over 4f out, outpaced over 2f out
close up, pushed along and ran green 3f out, headway to chase clear leader over 1f out, ridden and ran on strongly to lead near finish
keen, tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, faded inside final furlong
Lethal Impact went close over a mile at Newcastle last year but looked very one paced upped to this sort of trip at Newbury and may need even further. His trainer also runs newcomer Stockton, who is by Galileo and a full brother to three winners including the very smart Deauville and Group 3 winner The Corsican. THE GRAND VISIR is by Frankel but has plenty of stamina on his dam’s side. He cost 750,000gns and the booking of Ryan Moore suggests William Haggas’ colt has been showing plenty on the gallops. Fibonacci has shown some ability and Orsino was green when second at Wolverhampton and will know more today.
Air Ministry (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Held up in rear, ridden and some headway over 3f out, one pace 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 16, 14 1/4l behind Dubawi Prince (9-5) at Doncaster 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gs in Apr.
Dixon Lawman colt out of Pure Song.
Fibonacci 2-1 (9-5) Led, raced green, pushed along and headed over 1f out, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, 3rd of 5, 2 1/4l behind Weekender (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Orsino (IRE) 9-1 (8-7) Slowly away, tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 10, 2 3/4l behind Al Zaman (8-7) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Stockton (IRE) Galileo colt out of Walklikeanegyptian.
The Grand Visir Frankel colt out of Piping.
Touwari (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Led after 1f, ridden 2 lengths clear 4f out, headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 9 3/4l behind Agathonia (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 4f mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Lethal Impact (JPN) 8-1 (9-5) Held up in last trio, headway on inside over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f, 6th of 9, 4 1/4l behind Face The Facts (9-5) at Newbury 1m 3f mdn stks (4) gf in Apr.