held up in rear, some late headway, never dangerous
held up in touch, headway over 3f out, every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, effort over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
mid-division, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, led approaching final furlong, hung right under pressure, headed and no extra towards finish
prominent, led after 2f, headed over 3f out, lost place over 2f out
chased leaders, every chance over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, kept on same pace
slowly in to stride, held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led 2f, led again over 3f out, headed over 1f out, soon lost place
held up towards rear, hard driven from over 3f out, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, stayed on strongly to lead closing stages
Last year’s runner-up, Battersea was fourth in the Ebor at York last time when ahead of Seamour, Oriental Fox and Elidor and should go well again. The latter had earlier won in this grade at Goodwood with First Mohican well behind but it could pay to stick with York’s Melrose winner WALL OF FIRE in this. Hugo Palmer’s three-year-old has been raised 8lb for that success but appeared to score with a bit in hand and is preferred to Fabricate, who finished ahead of First Mohican when third at Chester recently and should be in the mix for Ryan Moore. Polarisation faded badly in the Northumberland Plate last time and was well beaten in this last year but Stipulate may improve for today’s longer trip.
Elidor 20-1 (9-12) Tracked leaders and keen, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 19th of 20, dist behind Heartbreak City (9-6) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Battersea 16-1 (9-10) Held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 4th of 20, 5 1/2l behind Heartbreak City (9-6) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Oriental Fox (GER) 7-2 (10-0) Soon led, driven and headed narrowly over 2f out, ridden to lead again 1f out, kept on, headed towards finish, 2nd of 5, 1 1/2l behind St Michel (8-4) at Goodwood 2m hcp stks (2) gd in Aug.
Seamour (IRE) 14-1 (9-6) Chased leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon hung left, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 20, 5 3/4l behind Heartbreak City (9-6) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Cayirli (FR) 12-1 (9-0) Tracked leader until 3f out, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out, 9th of 14, 12 1/4l behind Sandro Botticelli (9-0) at Sandown 2m lst stks (1) sft in Jul.
Polarisation 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, outpaced over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, soon weakened and eased, last of 20, 25 3/4l behind Antiquarium (9-5) at Newcastle 2m hcp (2) pol in Jun.
Stipulate 14-1 (9-6) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 6th of 16, 6 1/4l behind Scarlet Dragon (8-4) at York 1m 2f hcp stks (2) gd in Aug.
First Mohican 25-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, in rear, headway on inside over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders over 1f out, kept on, no impression, 4th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Muntahaa (9-0) at Chester 1m 5f hcp lst stks (1) gd in Aug.
Fabricate 4-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, effort to chase winner over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression with front pair, inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 2 3/4l behind Muntahaa (9-0) at Chester 1m 5f hcp lst stks (1) gd in Aug.
All Talk N No Do (IRE) 14-1 (9-13) Led until over 2f out, weakened quickly, soon behind and eased, last of 11, dist behind Sea Of Heaven (9-5) at Ascot 2m hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Wall of Fire (IRE) 16-1 (9-6) In rear, ridden over 2f out, headway and switched right over 1f out, led well inside final furlong, ran on strongly, won at York 1m 6f hcp stks (2) gd in Aug beating Regal Monarch (9-3) by 2 3/4l, 13 ran.
