raced keenly, tracking leaders, went 2nd after 2f, led over 2f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, no chance with easy winner and lost 2nd final 100 yards
raced keenly tracking leaders, effort travelling strongly over 2f out, led well over 1f out, clear final furlong, eased towards finish, easily
steadied start, held up in rear, pushed along 6f out, ridden and no headway over 1f out, never involved
led, reminder over 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leader 2f, not much room soon after and raced in 4th place, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
went right start, held up in 5th, pushed along chasing leaders over 3f out, not much room and squeezed through inside final furlong, stayed on into 2nd final 100 yards, no chance with easy winner
This is much tougher than the races Noguchi has been winning here of late and The Quarterjack is another who may struggle in this company. Royal Signaller has shown little since returning from a lengthy absence while Nabatean and Min Alemarat make their seasonal debuts with the former raised 6lb for his win at Nottingham in October. ALBAHAR has raced over hurdles since joining Chris Gordon but beat a couple of subsequent winners on the all-weather at Deauville in July when last on the Flat. He may well be good enough in this and gets the nod.
Min Alemarat (IRE) 16-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders on inside, lost place 4f out, eased over 3f out, tailed off, virtually pulled up, last of 24, well behind Farquhar (8-5) at Newmarket 1m 4f her hcp 0-105 (2) gd in Oct.
Nabatean (IRE) 5-4fav (9-5) Held up, headway 3f out, pressed leader going well over 1f out, shaken up to lead entering final furlong, pushed out, comfortable, won at Nottingham 1m 6f hcp (4) gs in Oct beating Moshe (8-13) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.
Albahar (FR) (9-6) won at Deauville(FR) 1m 4f 3yo stks in Jul beating L'ardent (9-6) by nk, 7 ran.
Royal Signaller 10-1 (9-6) Tracked leader until ridden over 4f out, weakened 2f out, tailed off, 12th of 13, 31l behind Lady Kashaan (9-7) at Musselburgh 2m hcp 0-85 (3) sft.
Noguchi (IRE) 8-11fav (9-6) Tracked leader, led over 3f out, kept on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hacp 0-70 (5) pol beating Stand To Reason (9-7) by 4 1/2l, 4 ran.
The Quarterjack 9-1 (9-11) Close up, headway to press leaders over 4f out, ridden to chase winner 3f out, kept on one pace, 2nd of 9, 3 1/2l behind Caged Lightning (9-9) at Southwell 1m 6f hcp 0-75 (5) fbs in Mar.
