held up in last pair, driven to chase leaders over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on same pace final furlong, never on terms
tracked leaders, outpaced when ran green over 2f out, one pace 1f out, ridden and hung left inside final furlong, kept on final 50 yards, held when not much room towards finish
tracked leaders on outside, driven 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, kept on, edged right towards finish
held up in last pair, driven over 2f out, headway and wide into straight, hung left 1f out, ridden to chase leading pair inside final furlong, kept on towards finish
tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, weakened 1f out
tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on, held when carried slightly right towards finish
raced keenly, led, headed 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong
MAGICAL EFFECT made a promising start when narrowly beaten at Wolverhampton. The Godolphin colt can open his account with normal improvement and is preferred to Rashash. The latter is also expected to finish closer after a modest debut effort here back in June and looks a better bet than stablemate First Dream. Twin Turbo has cut little ice in handicaps and returns to maiden company while Patrick makes more appeal than Sinema of the newcomers.
First Dream (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Soon led, headed over 6f out, stayed prominent, driven over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 12, 17l behind Heatstroke (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn stks (4) pol in Oct.
Magical Effect (IRE) 15-8fav (9-5) Slowly into stride, took keen hold early, headway tracking leaders 4f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd towards finish, not reach winner, 2nd of 7, 3/4l behind Illogical (9-0) at Wolverhampton 6f 2yo mdn stks (5) in Oct.
Patrick (IRE) Acclamation colt out of Red Liason.
Rashash (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Slow into stride raced green and soon pushed along in rear, never on terms, last of 7, 5l behind L'Etacq (9-5) at Lingfield 6f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Jun.
Sinema Compton Place colt out of Dictatrix.
Twin Turbo (IRE) 9-1 (8-4) With leaders, driven over 2f out, kept on same pace, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 7l behind Azraff (9-7) at Newcastle 1m 2yo hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Optimystic (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, driven over 2f out, kept on same pace, no impression from over 1f out, 5th of 8, 8l behind Mo Henry (9-5) at Wolverhampton 5f 2yo mdn stks (5) in Dec.
Tokomaro (IRE) 9-2 (8-11) Held up in rear but in touch, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on closing stages, never on terms, 4th of 6, 6l behind Skylight (8-6) at Lingfield 1m 2yo sell stks (6) pol in Nov.