prominent stand side, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
dwelt, always behind, tailed off
prominent, led over 4f out, headed and hung left from over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
always prominent, led over 2f out, jinked right well inside final furlong, comfortably
in touch far side, ridden 3f out, stayed on same pace from over 1f out
prominent, ridden over 3f out, weakened well over 2f out
held up, ridden halfway, never dangerous
mid-division, pushed along over 5f out, no real progress
held up, headway 2f out, never near to challenge
raced keenly, prominent, weakened well over 2f out
held up, headway halfway, chased winner over 1f out, no impression
dwelt, mid-division, headway over 5f out, hung left over 4f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, tailed off
Golden Platitude failed to build on a promising debut effort when well held at Goodwood earlier this month on his second start and Walter Swinburn's gelding may be best watched here with a better bet looking to be Atraas, who gets the vote ahead of First Princess. The last mentioned is becoming rather exposed but did run back up to a reasonable level of form when chasing home Cavort at Wolverhampton recently and has solid place claims at least. Spinal Tap disappointed last time having shown signs of ability on his debut, while Halkerston may have improved from two to three and represents the yard of Clive Cox that has been in good form this term. Luca Cumani's Arabiyah may need more time and a safer bet looks to be Marcus Tregoning's Atraas who showed fair form on each of his two starts as a juvenile and a reproduction of either run may suffice on his first start at three.
Golden Platitude (IRE) 12-1 (9-13) Mid-division, ridden, no impression when hung right final 2f, 8th of 13, 8l behind Pipedreamer (9-0) at Goodwood 1m mdn stk (5) gd.
Thornbill 14-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, towards rear, effort over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 10th of 12, 23l behind Thistimesforgood (8-12) at W'hampton 7f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Nov.
Atraas (IRE) 13-8fav (9-0) Tracked leaders, led briefly over 2f out, no extra inside last, 4th of 11, 7l behind Go On Be A Tiger (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2yo mdn (4) sft in Oct.
Halkerston 25-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 16, 10l behind Mythical Kid (9-3) at Newbury 7f 2yo mdn (4) sft in Oct.
Officer Material (IRE) 20-1 (9-3) Soon outpaced in rear, headway final furlong, never dangerous, 6th of 10, 9l behind Zaahid (9-3) at Newbury 7f 3yo mdn (4) gs.
Spinal Tap (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, soon ridden in rear, never a factor, 8th of 10, 10l behind Yaroslav (8-12) at Lingfield 7f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) pol.
Arabiyah 16-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride, soon mid-division, weakened over 3f out, last of 15, 35l behind Venerable (8-12) at Chepstow 1m 2f mdn stk (5) gf.
First Princess (IRE) 14-1 (8-11) Pulled hard towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, every chance well inside final furlong, held near finish, 2nd of 13, 1l behind Cavort (9-4) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo fll hcp 0-100 (5) pol.