in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged right and headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace
close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
keen towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, nearest finish
raced wide towards rear, headway on outer 6f out, in touch, weakened over 3f out, eased over 2f out
led, ridden over 2f out, edged left and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, not clear run over 2f out, switched right and not clear run over 1f out, effort and not clear run inside final furlong, ran on, no threat to winner
in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong
in rear, very wide into straight over 2f out, kept on final furlong, never nearer
held up, headway over 2f out, switched right over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on
tracked leader after 2f, ridden and weakened over 1f out
Nonrunner
Aidan O'Brien has won this twice again since Yeats' famous four-timer and Kingfisher would be Ballydoyle's seventh winner in the last 10 runnings if successful. But the latter has plenty to find with the unbeaten Forgotten Rules on their form at Navan last month where Dermot Weld's charge won a Group 3. He also beat Biographer in the Long Distance Cup over 2m in testing ground here in October but may be worth taking on today if it remains fast going. Luca Cumani would love to add the Gold Cup to his extensive list of Group 1 prizes and looks to have an excellent chance with MIZZOU (NAP). The distance will be no problem for the latter having beaten subsequent Group 3 winner Vent De Force and Forever Now in the Sagaro Stakes here on his reappearance so he gets the vote. Tac De Boistron is a high-class stayer on softer ground and so is the French raider Bathyrhon while Simenon found only Estimate too good on good to firm in the 2013 renewal, though finished behind Vent De Force and Trip To Paris at Sandown last time. Sandown's Esher Stakes winner Havana Beat is preferred to stablemate Scotland as the latter and Windshear step up in distance but Kalann has a third over 2m2f in the Doncaster Cup to his credit.
Bathyrhon (GER) 13-8fav (8-11) won at Longchamp(FR) 1m 7f Grp 2 gd in May beating Glaring (8-11) by 2 1/2l, 6 ran.
Forgotten Rules (IRE) 8-11fav (9-8) Settled 3rd on rail, travelled well 3f out, pushed along to lead 2f out, strongly pressed 1 1/2f out, ridden 1f out, kept on best final furlong, won at Navan 1m 6f Grp 3 (1) gd in May beating Answered (9-3) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Havana Beat (IRE) 12-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2l behind Snow Sky (8-13) at York 1m 6f Grp 2 (1) gf in May.
Simenon (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Tracked leading trio, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden disputing 2nd and not quicken with winner over 1f out, weakened towards finish, 5th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Vent De Force (9-0) at Sandown 2m Grp 3 (1) gf in May.
Tac De Boistron (FR) 11-10fav (9-7) Held up in 6th, headway on outside over 3f out, led over 2f out, driven and edged left over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, no impression towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Clever Cookie (9-0) at Chester 1m 5f Grp 3 (1) sft in May.
Forever Now 11-4 (9-0) Raced keenly, tracked winner, driven along from inside final 3f, ridden disputing 2nd and not quicken with winner over 1f out, lost 2nd towards finish and no extra in 4th close home, 4th of 7, 2 3/4l behind Vent De Force (9-0) at Sandown 2m Grp 3 (1) gf in May.
Kingfisher (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Held up, 7th halfway, ridden over 2f out, under pressure in 6th 1 1/2f out, stayed on in 4th 1f out, kept on well final furlong to lead close home, won at Leopardstown 1m 6f Listed stks (1) gf beating Panama Hat (9-5) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
Mizzou (IRE) 4-1 (8-12) Hampered start in touch towards rear, wide into straight over 2f out, headway to lead approaching final furlong, ran on, won at Ascot 2m Grp 3 (1) gf in Apr beating Vent De Force (8-12) by 2l, 8 ran.
Scotland (GER) 12-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, no extra and lost 3rd place inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 11l behind Telescope (9-0) at Newbury 1m 4f Listed stks (1) gd in May.
Trip To Paris (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Held up in 5th on inside, niggled along 5f out, headway over 2f out, not clear run and switched left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, no impression on winner, 2nd of 7, 1 3/4l behind Vent De Force (9-0) at Sandown 2m Grp 3 (1) gf in May.
Vent De Force 6-4fav (9-0) Made all, set steady pace until wound it up from 5f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly and in no danger inside final furlong, won at Sandown 2m Grp 3 (1) gf in May beating Trip To Paris (9-0) by 1 3/4l, 7 ran.
Windshear 11-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on well to take 3rd place inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 10l behind Telescope (9-0) at Newbury 1m 4f Listed stks (1) gd in May.
Biographer 10-1 (9-3) In rear, 8th 4f out, ridden over 3f out, no impression 2f out, kept on one pace to 7th close home, 7th of 8, 13l behind Forgotten Rules (9-8) at Navan 1m 6f Grp 3 (1) gd in May.
Kalann (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Mid-division, 8th halfway, ridden and no impression 2f out, 9th of 10, 13l behind Kingfisher (9-5) at Leopardstown 1m 6f Listed stks (1) gf.
