keen close up, headway between horses over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, jinked right final strides
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon edged left, kept on same pace inside final furlong
keen prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong, stayed on one pace
close up, headway entering final 2f, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on
tracked leaders, pushed along to press leader over 2f out, ridden and weakened entering final furlong
Threat finally earned some black type when staying on strongly to land the Gimcrack at York but he has an extra furlong to cover here and also a 3lb penalty. JUNA ELCANO missed the break when only beaten a length by Mystery Power in the Superlative Stakes at Newmarket. The first two pulled well clear and Kevin Ryan’s colt can get back to winning ways here ahead of the more-exposed Ballydoyle pair Fort Myers and Royal Dornoch. Royal Crusade won a shade cosily on debut at Newmarket, despite running green. He has the most scope of these but this test may come a bit soon in his career.
Threat (IRE) 11-10fav (9-0) Held up in touch in mid-division, smooth headway between horses tracking leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on well, won at York 6f Grp 2 stks (1) gf in Aug beating Lord Of The Lodge (9-0) by 1 1/4l, 12 ran.
Fort Myers (USA) 6-1 (9-3) Led, pushed along 2f out and soon headed, ridden and no impression on winner 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Lope Y Fernandez (9-3) at Curragh 6f Grp 3 stks (1) Good - Yielding in Aug.
Juan Elcano 6-1 (9-1) Close up, headway to press leaders 3f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 8, 1l behind Mystery Power (9-1) at Newmarket 7f Grp 2 stks (1) gf in Jul.
Royal Crusade 5-6fav (9-0) Went right start, good headway to lead over 1f out, pushed along and ran on, won at Newmarket 7f stks (4) gf in Aug beating Hot Summer (9-0) by nk, 9 ran.
Royal Dornoch (IRE) 7-4fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, 4th halfway, headway early straight and pushed along to lead 1 1/2f out, strongly pressed inside final furlong, kept on well final 100 yards, won at Gowran Park 7f mdn Yielding in Sep beating Edward Hopper (9-5) by 1/2l, 15 ran.