slowly into stride, held up, badly hampered over 2f out, soon eased
held up, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out
close up, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace
slowly into stride, held up, effort when badly hampered over 2f out, no danger after
behind, headway when bumped over 2f out, soon weakened
with leaders to halfway, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged left and headed inside final furlong, no extra
with leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 4f out, hampered over 2f out, soon weakened
made most until ridden and headed over 2f out, soon went lame and pulled up
What-A-Dancer was claimed out of Alan Swinbank's stable for ¿20,000 after landing a Lingfield claimer over this trip last time but faces no easy task under a penalty in a better race today and preference is for The Lord, who gets the vote over Rydal. The last mentioned represents the in-form yard of Gerard Butler ran on well close home on his return at Lingfield last month and should strip fitter for the outing. He makes more appeal than stablemate Prince Tum Tum on jockey bookings. Top weight Quito, who is always liable to pop up when in the mood but is hard to catch right, has plenty of weight to carry and is probably best passed over, while Trinculo may need another run or two to put him spot on. The vote then goes to The Lord. Bill Turner's five-year-old caught the eye staying on behind Dancing Mystery at Southwell last week, when 7lbs wrong in the weights and off his proper mark today has an obvious chance. Today's longer trip should not pose any problems and The Lord is taken to make the most of what looks a favourable mark.
