in touch in rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong, nearest finish
in touch, headway to chase leaders 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, ridden and headway over 1f out, soon chased winner, lost 2nd close home
in touch towards rear, ridden and weakened over 1f out
raced wide, tracked leaders until progress to press leader 9f out, led 2f out, ridden and ran on
led, pressed 9f out, ridden and headed 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
tracked leader 3f, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on to go 2nd close home
took keen hold, pushed along over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, nearest finish
Delano Roosevelt was below par in the Derby but still finished ahead of stablemate Kew Gardens, who won Wednesday’s Queen’s Vase, and is one of the few proven at this level. Rostropovich wasn’t disgraced in the French Derby but stamina could be an issue over 1m4f but another Ballydoyle runner, Giuseppe Garibaldi, won a Listed race over this trip at Leopardstown last time. Wells Farhh Go won a Group 3 last year and was much too keen on his reappearance in the Dante. If the latter settles better, he could be interesting in this as he’s still unexposed. Raa Atoll should have few problems confirming Nottingham running with Elector and took a further step forward upped to this trip at Leicester but we’ll take OLD PERSIAN to continue his good progress this year. He finished ahead of Highbrow last month and gave the impression he was ready for a step up in distance when scoring at HQ on his next start.
Alternative Fact (9-2) 6th of 7, 6 1/2l behind Intellogent (9-2) at Chantilly 1m 1f Grp 3 gd in May.
Delano Roosevelt (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, towards rear, plugged on final 2f, never on terms, 6th of 12, 11 1/2l behind Masar (9-0) at Epsom 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Jun.
Elector 12-1 (9-9) Chased leaders, under pressure over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Raa Atoll (9-2) at Nottingham 1m 2f stks (5) gf in May.
Giuseppe Garibaldi (IRE) 7-4jfav (9-3) Tracked leaders, closed up travelling smoothly behind horses before straight, soon switched right and pushed along, led 1f out and soon wandered slightly, stayed on well inside final furlong, won at Leopardstown 1m 4f lst (1) gf in Jun beating Cimeara (8-12) by 2 1/2l, 5 ran.
Highbrow 9-4fav (9-0) Close up, pushed along to press leader over 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 3rd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Aspetar (9-0) at Goodwood 1m 3f lst stks (1) gs in May.
Old Persian 1-2fav (9-3) Tracked leader, led over 1f out, ridden out, won at Newmarket 1m 2f lst stks (1) gf in May beating Court House (9-3) by 1/2l, 3 ran.
Raa Atoll 7-4fav (9-8) Raced wide prominent, led approaching final furlong, ridden and ran on, won at Leicester 1m 4f stks (3) gs in May beating Photographer (9-8) by 2l, 10 ran.
Rostropovich (IRE) (9-2) 9th of 18, 4 1/2l behind Study Of Man (9-2) at Chantilly 1m 2f Grp 1 gd in Jun.
Wells Farhh Go (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Keen, raced wide close up, ridden and every chance 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 9, 6 3/4l behind Roaring Lion (9-0) at York 1m 2f Grp 2 stks (1) gf in May.
