Promising Bjorn Baker-trained colt Addictive Nature is now the winner of two of three starts and he did well in recording his first stakes success here. He was smartly away, went to the front but was pressured in the lead (by Runaway). He got a break on turning for home and then fought back really gamely to score a narrow but very good win. The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained colt Assimilate, a winner of his first two starts, settled in last place from barrier eight in the nine-horse field before going widest of all at the home turn. He then sprinted well, challenged at the 100m and kept finishing well for a very good second. Godolphin-raced colt Astoria settled in sixth place, one off the rails, moved up well at the 200m and kept battling on nicely to take a good third. Team Hawkes-trained colt Mahalangur raced back in seventh place (on the rails), switched deeper at the 300m and kept running on in good style for (2.2 lengths) fourth, in a really promising effort at only his second race start.