led early, settled in 3rd before halfway, ridden 2f out and soon dropped to 4th, no impression final furlong
settled in rear, ridden 2f out, no impression and kept on one pace
soon led, ridden 2f out, strongly pressed and headed inside final furlong, soon no impression and dropped to 3rd
held up towards rear, pushed along and no impression from over 1f out, kept on one pace
tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along early straight, ridden to go 3rd over 1f out, kept on under pressure without threatening winner
tracked leader, 2nd before halfway, ridden to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong and kept on well
Worldly Wise has been placed seven times over hurdles in the past year but is much better on the Flat where he's won six times. Lake Ontario tackles this trip for the first time and though showing little so far this season is lightly-raced and there could be more to come. He was just behind COCOZZA over a mile at Naas last month and the former stepped up to this trip in the Group 2 Royal Whip at the Curragh and produced a decent effort behind Banimpire, form that should be good enough for this. Enchanted Evening has been racing in better company and is no forlorn hope but could probably do with some rain.
Elusive Ridge (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Led, ridden 2f out, strongly pressed and headed early final furlong, soon no extra, 4th of 14, 4l behind Jackaroo (9-3) at Dundalk 1m 3f hcp pol.
Enchanted Evening (IRE) 50-1 (9-6) Prominent, ridden in 4th entering straight, no impression behind leaders from 2f out, badly hampered 1f out, eased, 9th of 12, 14l behind Bible Belt (8-12) at Gowran Park 1m 1f fll lst stks (1) gf.
Rare Symphony (IRE) 33-1 (9-13) Tracked leaders, hard driven over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 9, 14l behind Dark Promise (9-8) at Newmarket 1m flls hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Jun.
Worldly Wise 12-1 (9-5) Disputed lead, headed 2 1/2f out, soon weakened and eased, last of 9, 30l behind Hujaylea (8-13) at Curragh 7f stks in Sep.
Cocozza (USA) 7-1 (9-1) Soon led, joined halfway, driven along and headed under 2f out, 3rd when checked over 1f out, switched left and kept on one pace final furlong, 5th of 6, 5l behind Banimpire (9-1) at Curragh 1m 2f Grp 2 gd.
Lake Ontario (USA) 20-1 (9-6) Chased leaders, 3rd halfway, ridden in 5th 2 out, no extra over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 9, 5l behind Taameer (9-7) at Naas 1m stks gd in Jul.