held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer
tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden halfway, kept on one pace final furlong
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon weakened
in rear, outpaced halfway, ridden and ran on final furlong, never nearer
close up, headway on outer over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on strongly
raced wide held up, ridden and weakened 2f out
NonRunner
Silvanus beat higher rated horses to win this last year including Dutch Masterpiece but this looks even tougher with the 112-rated SIR MAXIMILIAN in the field. The latter won a valuable handicap at Meydan in February and has scored over track and trip before. Maljaa rattled-up a hat-track over the minimum trip last season and promises to be even better this year while Canny Kool also showed good progress last term and was placed in a Listed race at the track in August. Red Baron could go close if allowed an easy lead but Rene Mathis seems best over 7f nowadays. Jane's Memory is lightly-raced but has not raced since 2014 and Ballista is not the force he was when landing this in 2013.
Dutch Masterpiece 28-1 (9-3) Raced stands side, in rear, ridden halfway, no impression, 16th of 21, 7 1/2l behind Profitable (9-3) at Newmarket 5f Grp 3 stks (1) gs in Apr.
Ballista (IRE) 7-2 (9-5) Awkwardly away, soon prominent on outside, 2nd 4f out, ridden and no impression when lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 5, 14 3/4l behind King Crimson (9-1) at Brighton 5f hcp (4) gf in Apr.
Canny Kool 7-1 (9-3) Disputed 2nd until ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 4, 3 1/2l behind Danzeno (9-4) at Musselburgh 5f stks (3) gf in Sep.
Maljaa 5-6fav (9-7) Raced freely tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd near finish, no threat to winner, 2nd of 8, 1l behind Demora (8-10) at Leicester 5f hcp (2) gs in Oct.
Red Baron (IRE) 11-2 (9-3) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 2nd of 6, 2 1/4l behind Rah Rah (8-5) at Wolverhampton 5f stks (2) pol in Mar.
Rene Mathis (GER) 6-1 (9-10) Keen tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 5, 3 1/2l behind Kelinni (9-10) at Thirsk 7f stks (3) sft in Apr.
Sir Maximilian (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Never near to challenge, 11th of 0, 4 1/2l behind Buffering (9-0) at Meydan 5f Grp 1 in Mar.
Jane's Memory (IRE) 9-2 (8-12) Dwelt, towards rear, never dangerous, 12th of 14, 6 1/4l behind Accipiter (8-12) at Ayr 5f lst stks (1) gd in Sep.
Silvanus (IRE) 14-1 (9-9) Tracked leaders on outside of bunch, pushed along over 2f out, outpaced from over 1f out, 4th of 5, 7 1/2l behind Lexington Abbey (9-1) at Nottingham 5f stks (3) hvy in Apr.