Just a handful with pretensions to being better than modest in a maiden lacking strength in depth but SHARPLAW AUTUMN did not get the run of the race in a less than strongly-run contest and may not have found the trip far enough, so is better than the bare form of her workmanlike success, ridden to lead just inside the final furlong. Needless to say, she has an awful lot of improvement to find to justify her entry in the Oaks, but she had shown plenty of ability on her sole juvenile start and is the sort to continue to progress, particularly when stepped up to 1m2f+.

Madaares may have been unsuited by the tight Catterick track on his final two-year-old start, as he showed a good deal more here, always prominent and leading over 2f out until just inside the final furlong.

The winner's stable-companion Emillion kept on nicely and hinted there may be better to come when stepped up to a distance more in keeping with her middle-distance pedigree - she is now qualified for handicaps and is worth looking out for at 1m2f+.

Bollin Dolly and Lennoxtown showed more than previously, coming clear of the rest -though the remainder appear a fairly limited bunch and it remains to be seen exactly what they achieved.

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