unruly in stalls, awkwardly away and ducked sharply left start nearly unseated rider, tracked leaders until 5f out, close up in 4th, ridden and weakened 2f
led, ridden over 1f out, headed approaching final furlong, no extra and lost 2nd towards finish
tracked leader until 5f out, tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, headway between horses over 1f out, led approaching final furlong, ran on
raced wide close up in 4th, went 2nd 5f out, ridden 2f out, went 2nd towards finish
Oisin Murphy rode LAW OF ONE to victory at Wolverhampton in October but the rider has to make way for Ryan Moore in this. Sir Michael Stoute’s charge improved for the step up to today’s trip on that occasion and there’s plenty more to come from him. Murphy partners Sweet Celebration, who faced a tougher task on the all-weather last time, and A Star Above also drops in class on his reappearance though both he and Squelch are 9lb higher than when last successful. Byron Hill looks up against it.
Squelch 6-5fav (10-0) Tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 4, 16 3/4l behind Fiveandtwenty (8-9) at Musselburgh 1m 6f hcp (4) gf in Sep.
A Star Above 10-1 (8-13) Sweating, wore hood to post, chased leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 9th of 10, 22 1/2l behind Shandoz (9-0) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp stks (2) gd in Sep.
Law Of One (IRE) 1-2fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 10f out, led going well over 1f out, pushed clear final furlong, easily, won at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Oct beating Galahad Threepwood (9-5) by 6l, 9 ran.
Byron Hill (IRE) 9-2 (9-4) Midfield, ridden and switched right over 3f out, ran on under pressure from over 1f out, 4th of 13, 4 3/4l behind Bellatrixsa (9-4) at Newcastle 2m hcp (5) pol in Oct.
Sweet Celebration (IRE) 6-1 (8-9) Chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 3f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 7l behind Outbox (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
