held up in rear, not clear run over 1f out, hung left and no impression
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to take 2nd well inside final furlong, just held
slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders on inside, not clear run over 1f out, pressed winner briefly inside final furlong, 3rd and held towards finish
slowly into stride, held up in rear, switched to outside last bend, edged left and stayed on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, driven inside final furlong, held on
held up in 5th, took keen hold, ridden over 2f out, no impression over 1f out
Petite Jack showed further progress when scoring over track and trip in September. He narrowly beat Pactolus on that occasion with Ickymasho further back and should go close again but the unbeaten three-year-old MIDDLE KINGDOM is just preferred. John Gosden’s colt made a winning return in a Newmarket handicap back in April and should have improved during the interim. Rainbow Rebel is usually thereabouts without winning while the less exposed Plutonian steps up in trip and is preferred to Tha'ir.
Petite Jack 4-1cfav (9-5) Chased leaders, closed 2f out, led over 1f out, clear briefly inside final furlong, edged left, stayed on, won at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Sep beating Abdon (9-7) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Ickymasho 12-1 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 3 1/2l behind Victory Bond (9-3) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (3) pol in Oct.
Pactolus (IRE) 14-1 (9-0) Held up towards rear, headway on outside 2f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, soon switched right, went 2nd inside final furlong, edged left and closed on winner, unable to challenge, lost 2nd last strides, 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Petite Jack (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Sep.
Middle Kingdom (USA) 7-2jfav (8-12) Dwelt in rear, bumped over 5f out, headway over 2f out, every chance whe ran green and hung left 1f out, ridden and edged left inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in Apr beating Euginio (9-7) by nk, 10 ran.
Rainbow Rebel (IRE) 25-1 (9-5) Tracked leader who went clear halfway, closed 3f out, chased winner 2f out until over 1f out, ridden and no extra in 3rd final furlong, 3rd of 9, 5l behind Reshoun (8-11) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Oct.
Plutonian (IRE) 16-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace to threaten, 6th of 13, 2 1/2l behind Reach High (8-10) at Kempton 1m hcp (2) pol in Oct.
Tha'ir (IRE) 33-1 (9-4) Keen in touch on inside, effort over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 14, 6 3/4l behind La Casa Tarifa (8-0) at Newcastle 1m 2f stks (3) pol in Oct.