dwelt, held up towards rear, ridden and some headway over 1f out, never dangerous
held up in touch, chased leaders over 3f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace
tracked leaders, ridden and slightly hampered over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on well
mid-division, lost place when ran green on 1st bend, pushed along towards rear over 4f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders in 3rd, not much room and hampered over 2f out, soon outpaced
held up towards rear, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, kept on, no impression
with leaders, led over 3f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
led, headed over 3f out, soon lost place
in rear, pushed along over 4f out, soon weakened
This has been won by some smart performers in the past, none more so than Harbinger in 2009. John Gosden has every chance of adding to his three previous winners with Colombian who ran well at Newbury on his reappearance, while Tanfeeth finished a creditable fourth at the same track last month with CHANGE THE SUBJECT five lengths further back. The latter looked badly in need of the run on that occasion but an entry in the Group 2 King Edward Stakes at Ascot suggests he's highly thought of. Much better is expected from Henry Cecil's colt here and he gets the nod. El Wasmi has a string of fancy entries and could prove best of the rest.
Ari Gold (IRE) 40-1 (9-3) Green and went left after start, behind until some late headway, 8th of 14, 10l behind Cai Shen (9-3) at Sandown 7f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Aug.
Change The Subject (USA) 14-1 (9-3) Always behind, weakened over 2f out, 9th of 14, 8l behind Laajooj (9-3) at Newbury 1m 3yo mdn (4) gf in Apr.
Colombian (IRE) 2-1 (9-3) Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 13, 3l behind Dubawi Sound (9-3) at Newbury 1m 3yo mdn (4) gf in Apr.
El Wasmi 6-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, driven and every chance over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 16, 5l behind Aomen (8-12) at Yarmouth 1m mdn stks (5) gf in Apr.
Layla's King 3-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, driven 3f out, led over 2f out, soon hard driven, headed over 1f out, not pace of winner, 2nd of 11, 4 1/2l behind Atraaf (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Planetoid (IRE) 8-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, ran green in rear, ridden and outpaced 4f out, stayed on again inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 10l behind Purification (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gf in Apr.
Tanfeeth 10-1 (9-3) Slowly away, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, soon driven to chase leaders, never able to challenge, 4th of 14, 2 1/4l behind Laajooj (9-3) at Newbury 1m 3yo mdn (4) gf in Apr.
Ash Cloud (IRE) 11-2 (8-9) Held up towards rear, ridden over 3f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 9l behind Sacred Shield (8-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn fll (5) pol in Apr.
Leah's Angel (IRE) Oratorio filly out of First Bank.
