last to break, held up in 4th, headway and switched left 2f out, pressing winner over 1f out, held final 100 yards, stayed on
chased leaders, closed over 2f out, led over 1f out, edged left well inside final furlong, stayed on, ridden out
edged right start, soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened from over 1f out
led early, chased leader, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong
AIR TO AIR gets the benefit of a useful apprentice taking off 7lbs off and he was far from disgraced when taking on significantly stronger opposition in a valuable handicap at Ascot. David O’Meara has done well with a number of imports from France so Kalganov is respected on his first outing since leaving Fabrice Chappet. The Attorney was punted at Goodwood and has won previously in a small field while Alotaibi has gone well fresh in the past but this is a first start for a new yard.
Air To Air 15-2 (8-11) Raced near side, steadied start, held up, headway over 1f out, plugged on inside final furlong, never going pace of leaders in centre, 11th of 21, 4 1/4l behind Fresh (9-0) at Ascot 7f hcp stks (2) gf in Jul.
The Attorney (IRE) 9-2jfav (10-1) Towards rear of midfield, headway when short of room over 1f out, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, 2nd of 18, 1 1/4l behind Lyndon B (9-3) at Goodwood 7f hcp (3) gf in Jul.
Kalganov (FR) (8-13) 3rd of 4, 6 1/4l behind Erevann (8-13) at Chantilly 1m Grp 3 stks gs in Jun.
Alotaibi (IRE) 8-1 (9-9) Held up in touch, effort over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 6 1/2l behind Dream Show (9-1) at Newbury 7f (3) gs in May.