made all, led and set sedate pace, quickened over 2f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, always in command, pushed out
tracked winner, ridden and effort well over 1f out, kept on, no chance with winner final furlong
always 3rd, ridden over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out
raced keenly, held up, ridden along in 4th over 2f out, no impression final 2f
started slowly, held up towards rear, headway on outside to chase leaders over 5f out, ridden over 4f out, soon beaten and no chance final 2f
started slowly, held up in rear, reminder over 4f out, ridden over 3f out and losing touch, no chance final 2f, eased inside final furlong, tailed off
This would appear to be a straightforward opportunity for Lord Chancellor but he's likely to start at odds-on so it may just be worth taking him on with MILE HIGH LAD. Mark Johnston's runner didn't really build on the promise of his debut over a mile at this track on his penultimate start but was very well backed to make amends at Southwell only to go down narrowly. The extra quarter of a mile on offer should compensate for his lack of pace and official ratings suggest that he's past the post. Mellow Mixture has been rather disappointing thus far and may not be able to find enough improvement for this slightly longer trip which only leaves Mile High Lad as a feasible alternative. George Baker's runner would be 9lbs better off in a handicap but posted a vastly improved performance when stepped up to this trip at Kempton. He does have it all to do but at the likely prices it's worth taking a chance that Mile High Lad can hit the spot.
Lord Chancellor (IRE) 6-4fav (9-3) Soon led, headed over 1f, driven and kept on gamely final furlong, 2nd of 7, hd behind Racketeer (9-3) at Southwell 1m 2yo mdn (5) fbs in Dec.
Mellow Mixture 3-1 (9-3) Tracked winner after 1f to 3f out, soon ridden, weakened from 2f out, 5th of 14, 10l behind Petrovsky (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn auc (5) pol in Dec.
Mile High Lad (USA) 50-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, good headway over 1f out, stayed on to taken 2nd final 75 yards and closed on winner near finish, 2nd of 11, 1/2l behind Ocean's Minstrel (8-12) at Kempton 1m 2f 2yo mdn auc (5) pol in Dec.
Tropical Duke (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Raced on outside in mid-division, ridden well over 2f out, ran green, soon weakened, 12th of 13, 15l behind Raaeidd (9-3) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn (4) pol in Nov.
Prima Fonteyn 66-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders to over 2f out, soon weakened, 8th of 10, 25l behind Haashed (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn (5) pol in Nov.
Spirit of The Glen Catcher In The Rye filly out of Sentiment.
