held up, soon towards rear, headway and effort straight, one pace final furlong
soon raced in 4th, pushed along over 3f out, soon lost position and no impression 2f out, no extra after
soon raced in 5th, effort on outer straight, kept on without matching principals inside final furlong
tracked leader, pushed along over 3f out, on terms over 1f out, narrowly headed and kept on well without matching winner inside final furlong
soon led, joined over 1f out, regained narrow lead and stayed on well inside final furlong
tracked leaaders in 3rd and took keen hold, switched left 2f out, kept on without matching front pair inside final furlong
held up, soon in rear, pushed along 3f out and headway on inner, kept on without matching principals inside final furlong
Order Of St George has won the last three renewals for Aidan O’Brien but the latter runs four of his St Leger entries this year. Flag Of Honour beat Giuseppe Garibaldi to land a Group 2 over track and trip last time and is also preferred to Family Tree but SOUTHERN FRANCE gets the nod of the Ballydoyle quartet. The latter found only subsequent Group 1 winner and stablemate Kew Gardens too good in the Queen’s Vase at Ascot in June and may well take another step forward today. Willie Mullins runs three of his older stayers and Renneti finished well ahead of a below-par Thomas Hobson when runner-up at Ascot earlier while Laws Of Spin has a bit to find on these terms. Twilight Payment won a Listed race at Down Royal for Godolphin last time but was behind Flag Of Honour earlier.
Laws Of Spin (IRE) 2-1 (9-5) Settled behind leaders, disputed 3rd halfway, closer on outer 2f out, ridden into 2nd 1 1/2f out, kept on same pace and no impression on winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 3 1/2l behind Twilight Payment (9-5) at Down Royal 1m 6f lst (1) gf in Jul.
Renneti (FR) (9-4) 9th of 10, 12 1/2l behind Holdthasigreen (9-4) at Deauville 1m 7f Grp 2 stks gd in Aug.
Thomas Hobson 11-8fav (9-2) Held up towards rear, hampered by weakening rival over 3f out, switched left 2f out, never able to get on terms after, 6th of 16, 16 3/4l behind Pallasator (9-2) at Ascot 2m 6f stks (2) gf in Jun.
Twilight Payment (IRE) 5-4fav (9-5) Tracked leader in 2nd, improved to lead 2f out, ridden 1 1/2f out, kept on well final furlong, won at Down Royal 1m 6f lst (1) gf in Jul beating Laws Of Spin (9-5) by 3 1/2l, 5 ran.
Flag Of Honour (IRE) 7-2 (8-11) Soon led, pushed along from under 3f out, stayed on well from over 1f out, won at Curragh 1m 6f Grp 2 (1) gf in Jul beating Giuseppe Garibaldi (8-11) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.
Giuseppe Garibaldi (IRE) 9-4 (9-1) Held up, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 3rd of 8, 7l behind Wells Farhh Go (9-1) at Newmarket 1m 5f Grp 3 stks (1) gf in Jul.
Southern France (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) Held up towards rear, ridden and hung right over 2f out, headway hanging right over 1f out, stayed on into 2nd close home, no chance with winner, 2nd of 12, 4 1/2l behind Kew Gardens (9-0) at Ascot 1m 6f Grp 2 (1) gf in Jun.
Family Tree 5-1 (9-0) Soon led, ridden and pressed from 2f out, soon joined and headed from 1f out, dropped to 3rd inside final furlong, no extra and kept on same pace close home, 3rd of 6, 1 3/4l behind Kalaxana (8-9) at Roscommon 1m 4f lst stks (1) gf in Jul.
