Acrostic tracked leaders, led over 1f out, shaken up and edged left inside final furlong, ran on

Alsace Lorraine chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, ran on

Moville tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, edged left and no extra inside final furlong

Gifted Leader started slowly, held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on

Soviet soon led, ridden over 2f out, hung left and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong

Battling Lil held up in touch, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out

Liberally dwelt and rider lost irons start, always in rear, weakened over 2f out

Wivny started slowly, always in rear, weakened over 2f out

As with the first division of the maiden, this was not a heat to set the pulse racing, while the winning time was considerably slower than that posted by Tourist in the first division.

ACROSTIC is a good-looking individual who was getting off the mark at the third time of asking. He ought to have won on his previous start at Windsor, but he hung left and right there to throw away victory in a race whose form has worked out nicely. He is just the type of horse with which Luca Cumani excels, so his future in handicaps could be bright.

Alsace Lorraine, a 480,000gn yearling, is bred to be smart, and it will be a major surprise if she cannot win races based on the evidence of this her first run. Not given anything like a hard time, she ran on into second and might well have won had the kitchen sink treatment been thrown at her. Significant improvement should be in the offing with this experience behind her.

The connections of Gifted Leader will have been delighted with his debut, while Soviet would have finished closer to the winner but for being hampered entering the final furlong.

Liberally's run is best ignored as her rider had to complete the contest with feet out of the irons.

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