led after 1f, reminders 5f out, headed 3f out, weakened from 2f out
led 1f, tracked leader until 8f out, ridden over 2f out, chased winner over 1f out, kept on one pace and no chance with winner
held up in rear, headway over 3f out, chased winner over 2f out until one pace from over 1f out
tracked leaders, went 2nd 8f out, led 3f out, clear over 1f out, eased last 75 yards
tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
This looks between Arrigo and OPERA GAL now Ektihaam is missing. The former had some decent form when trained in Germany last year and should be approaching peak fitness now after a couple of recent runs. But he was well beaten on his only start in heavy going and Andrew Balding's mare is preferred. She should run her usual brave race from the front and it was testing ground when she scored at Salisbury last month. Circumvent is hard to win with nowadays, however, while St Moritz is difficult to predict and has never raced on ground this bad before. Epernay is held by Opera Gal on the book and simply looks out of her depth.
Arrigo (GER) 33-1 (9-4) Keen mid-division, ridden over 2f out, kept on, not troubled leaders, 5th of 9, 5l behind Dandino (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f Group 3 stks (3yo+) (1) pol.
Circumvent 16-1 (9-4) Soon led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 6l behind Dandino (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f Group 3 stks (3yo+) (1) pol.
St Moritz (IRE) 9-1 (9-6) With leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 11, 12l behind Quick Wit (9-10) at Doncaster 1m hcp 0-110 (2) gd.
Opera Gal (IRE) (9-4) 2nd of 13, 3l behind Pagera (9-4) at Baden-Baden(GER) 1m 3f flls Group 3 stks (1) gs.
Epernay 100-1 (9-0) Took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden and carried head high under pressure 2f out, soon weakened, 14th of 16, 10l behind Dank (8-9) at Sandown 1m flls Group 3 stks (1) gf.
Ektihaam (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) 15th of 20, 10l behind Saonois (9-2) at Chantilly(FR) 1m 2f 3yo Grp 1 (1) gs in Jun.
