A lot of what you are saying makes sense, but Lostintranslation could have gone round again. He schooled round hardly off the bridal, he was cantering when the four rivals got at it in earnest four out, could have won by 30+lengths had he got racing.
Saint Sonnet and Mr Fisher, on the other hand, ran in a championship race, run at a proper pace. Saint Sonnet was in a good position just before the race started in earnest and he made a bad mistake, got shuffled to the back and had to be ridden early to get a position, Mr Fisher always in a good position. SS did really well to close up at the last but the extra exertions took their toll. I'd give the 5-year-old scope to improve a few pounds over the month's past, his jumping to improve for Nicholl's, and a 7Lb pull with MF, all to count towards being classed as well handicapped, especially if you the protract that against the standard times of Samcro (5 secs faster) and Simply The Betts carrying the same weights, same day.