keen led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra
held up, in touch, switched left 2f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, soon edged left and ran on strongly to lead near finish
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, kept on one pace
in touch, in rear, ridden and no impression final 2f
tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace
close up, ridden and headway to lead over 1f out, ran on, headed near finish
Few who saw A SHIN HIKARI (NAP) demolish a high-class field, including My Dream Boat, in the Prix d'Ispahan at Chantilly last month will want to oppose Masanori Sakaguchi's raider here. That victory dispelled any fears over soft ground and the Japanese raider should continue his winning run. The Grey Gatsby goes well fresh so his lack of a recent run is not a concern. He was a very unlucky loser in this last year but could be up against something special this time around. Found beat Golden Horn in the Breeders' Cup Turf last year and is a high-class filly who is sure to run her race again. She was second in the Champion Stakes here in October but has been beaten twice since making a winning reappearance at the Curragh. Western Hymn has become hard to win with and is held by The Grey Gatsby and My Dream Boat on the form book while the ground is likely to be much too soft for Tryster.
A Shin Hikari (JPN) (9-2) won at Chantilly 1m 1f Grp 1 stks (1) gd in May beating Dariyan (9-2) by 10l, 9 ran.
My Dream Boat (IRE) (9-2) 5th of 9, 14 1/4l behind A Shin Hikari (9-2) at Chantilly 1m 1f Grp 1 stks (1) gd in May.
The Grey Gatsby (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Loaded without rider, in rear, pushed along approaching straight, 6th 2f out, one pace from over 1f out, 6th of 7, 4 3/4l behind Golden Horn (9-0) at Leopardstown 1m 2f Grp 1 stks (1) Yielding in Sep.
Tryster (IRE) 7-4 (9-0) Settled rear, ran on final 500m but never able to challenge, 3rd of 0, 2 1/2l behind Real Steel (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f Grp 1 (1) gf in Mar.
Western Hymn 7-2 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead entering final furlong, soon joined, headed towards finish, ran on, 2nd of 7, nk behind Time Test (9-5) at Sandown 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gf in May.
Found (IRE) 3-1 (8-11) Held up in 6th, pushed along on inside and went 4th 3f out, went 3rd over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd final 100 yards, no chance with easy winner, 2nd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Postponed (9-0) at Epsom 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gs in Jun.