tracked leaders on outside, pushed along 3f out, headway on outside to lead over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, found extra last strides, bit in hand
led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed well over 1f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders on inside, went 2nd approaching final furlong, soon every chance, found no extra last strides
tracked leader 8f out, challenged 2f out, led soon after, headed over 1f out, no extra in 3rd final furlong, lost that placing towards finish
mid-division, ridden and weakened inside final 2f
last pair throughout, never a factor
held up in mid-division, pushed along and unable to quicken over 2f out, never on terms
held up last, ridden on wide outside over 1f out, never on terms
slowly into stride and pushed along leaving stalls, towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, some headway inside final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, not trouble 1st 2
Bin Battuta won at Meydan early in the year and has been gelded since last in action in February. Stablemate Commander Cole will be sharper for a recent comeback run over a shorter trip here though course and distance winner Star Of Southwold is preferred to both having won in this grade over a mile here last time. STAR OF BENGAL has faced stiffer tasks since scoring over track and trip back in May and John Gosden’s colt may prove good enough back in handicap company today. Breath Caught and Bartholomeu Dias need further nowadays and King's Slipper has yet to race over this far.
Bin Battuta 9-2 (9-0) 3rd of 7, 23l behind Ispolini (8-9) at Meydan 1m 6f Grp 3 gd in Feb.
Star Of Bengal 9-2 (9-5) Tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and lost 2nd over 1f out, plugged on final furlong, last of 5, 5 3/4l behind Desert Encounter (9-8) at Windsor 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gf in Aug.
Commander Cole 5-1 (9-12) Held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on same pace, 3rd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Maamora (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Sep.
Bartholomeu Dias 12-1 (9-3) Chased leader, led just over 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, weakened towards finish, 4th of 6, 4 1/4l behind Sleeping Lion (9-3) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Star Of Southwold (FR) 15-8 (9-4) Led, headed 7f out, stayed handy, led 1f out, ran on well, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Aug beating Glory Awaits (8-0) by 1 1/2l, 9 ran.
Breath Caught 8-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, switched right and headway 3f out, no extra inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Summer Moon (9-0) at Yarmouth 1m 6f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
El Ghazwani (IRE) 10-1 (9-10) Held up, pushed along on outside over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong, last of 5, 6 3/4l behind Harrovian (9-6) at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in Sep.
King's Slipper 9-1 (9-8) Held up in last pair, never a factor, last of 11, 16l behind Kasbaan (9-7) at Kempton 1m hcp (2) pol in Sep.
Highbrow 9-1 (10-0) Held up last, urged along over 4f out, outpaced over 3f out, soon weakened, tailed off and eased final furlong, last of 6, 19 3/4l behind Caradoc (9-13) at Windsor 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in Aug.
