held up in 6th, headway to 3rd going well when pressed for room briefly 2f out, chased winner approaching final furlong, stayed on inside final furlong pressed winner to the line, always just held
took keen hold tracking leader, led over 1f out, soon ridden, strongly pressed final inside furlong, stayed on gamely
soon led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no chance with leading trio approaching final furlong, stayed on to hold 4th in closing stages
anticipated start and awkward start, held up towards rear, never a factor
held up in last pair, some headway but not quicken 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong
tracked leaders on outside, went 3rd 4f out, hung right under pressure and weakened over 2f out
took keen hold early, held up towards rear, headway on outside 2f out, plugged on final furlong, never going pace to get involved
tracked leaders on inside, ridden and beaten over 1f out
held up in 7th, headway on outside 4f out, chased leaders over 2f out, stayed on to 3rd approaching final furlong, kept on in closing stages, never quite going pace to challenge
chased leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, eased when no chance final furlong
Cirrus Des Aigles won this in 2011 and found only the mighty Frankel too good in last year's renewal. But he's struggled to attain his former heights all season despite winning a couple of lesser Group races and may be worth taking on. Farhh won the Lockinge back in May on his only start of the year so far and is a leading contender, but stablemate Hunter's Light is hard to fancy on recent form. Mukhadram beat Main Sequence earlier but has come up short behind Al Kazeem in a couple of subsequent Group 1 events while the likes of Parish Hall, Hillstar and Morandi are others with something to prove at this level. Derby winner, Ruler Of The World, failed to get involved in the Arc, though had finished ahead of TRIPLE THREAT over 1m4f in the Prix Neil Arc trial earlier. But that was the latter's first race since July and it could prove significant that Andre Fabre decided to give the Arc a miss and aimed his Monsun colt at this shorter distance instead. He gets a speculative vote to go close at a big price.
Cirrus Des Aigles (FR) 7-4fav (8-13) won at Longchamp(FR) 1m 2f Grp 2 (1) sft beating Mandour (8-13) by 1 3/4l, 13 ran.
Farhh 10-3 (9-0) Tracked leaders, keen early, led over 1f out, ran on well, won at Newbury 1m Grp 1 (1) gf in May beating Sovereign Debt (9-0) by 4l, 12 ran.
Hunter's Light (IRE) 9-1 (9-0) Inside, clipped 1/8, 10th of 13, 6l behind The Apache (9-0) at Arlington(USA) 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gd in Aug.
Main Sequence (USA) 10-1 (9-3) Tracked clear leader, closed over 3f out, led briefly inside final 3f, chased leader, every chance 2f out, kept on pressing for 2nd but not pace of winner inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 2l behind Camborne (9-3) at Newbury 1m 3f Grp 3 (1) sft in Sep.
Mukhadram 4-9fav (9-2) Made all, hard ridden when challenged from over 2f out, stayed on well under pressure, won at York 1m 2f Grp 2 (1) gf in Jul beating Grandeur (9-5) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
Parish Hall (IRE) 7-4 (9-8) Raced in 2nd, ridden before straight, challenged 2f out, led from 1 1/2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, won at Dundalk 1m 3f Group 3 stks (3yo+) (1) pol beating Manalapan (9-3) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Hillstar 12-1 (8-11) Took keen hold tracking leading trio, pushed along 3f out, unable to quicken and driven over 2f out, one pace and no impression on leading trio, 4th of 6, 5l behind Declaration Of War (9-5) at York 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gf in Aug.
Morandi (FR) (9-2) 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Intello (9-2) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 2f 3yo Grp 3 sft in Sep.
Ruler Of The World (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) 7th of 17, 12l behind Treve (8-8) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) sft.
Triple Threat (FR) 9-2 (9-2) 8th of 10, 4l behind Kizuna (9-2) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 4f 3yo Grp 2 (1) sft in Sep.
