keen close up, pushed along 3f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong
tracked leaders, chased leader 3f out, ridden to lead 2f out, headed inside final furlong
dwelt in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong
in touch, pushed along 2f out, not trouble leaders
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace
in rear, pushed along 2f out, never nearer
steadied start, towards rear, pushed along and weakened over 1f out
led, pushed along and headed 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
close up, headway 2f out, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, ran on, readily
towards rear, weakened 2f out
Dhushan and Sevenal found one too good on their respective debuts last year and both step up in trip for powerful yards. But TOO FRIENDLY has a fitness advantage having been narrowly beaten when runner-up over today’s distance at Lingfield. He separated a couple of subsequent winners on that occasion and is also preferred to Alpine Stroll, who was still well beaten when second at Nottingham. Khaiz makes more appeal than Line Of Descent of the newcomers given he cost 700,000gns as a full-brother to Group 1 winner Ghaiyyath and a half-brother to another winner at the highest level in Zhukova.
Alpine Stroll 150-1 (9-0) Held up in touch, niggled along and switched right 3f out, ridden and progress over 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong without troubling winner, 2nd of 14, 9l behind Adayar (9-0) at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (4) sft in Oct.
Dhushan (IRE) 15-8fav (9-5) Bit keen, held up in 5th, headway on outside went 2nd inside final furlong, strong challenge close home, just failed, 2nd of 7, shd behind Star Caliber (9-5) at Goodwood 1m mdn stks (2) gd in Sep.
Eye Knee Territories colt out of Western Pearl.
Khaiz (IRE) Dubawi colt out of Nightime.
Line Of Descent (IRE) Nathaniel gelding out of Joys Of Spring.
Monte Carlo Bay (CAN) Noble Mission gelding out of Snow Lady.
Romulan Prince Holy Roman Emperor colt out of Nur Jahan.
Sevenal 7-2 (9-0) In touch, pushed along over 4f out, headway and tracked leaders halfway, switched left over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd close home, 2nd of 7, 1 1/4l behind Mutasaabeq (9-0) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) hvy in Oct.
Too Friendly 5-2 (9-5) Held up, travelled well to chase leaders 2f out, short of room over 1f out, ridden to lead 1f out, headed inside final furlong, 2nd of 7, nk behind Tamborrada (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Uccello (IRE) Frankel colt out of Apsara.
Cloudy Rose 300-1 (8-4) Slowly away, towards rear, some headway 3f out, no chance with leaders, well beaten final 2f, 10th of 11, 17 1/2l behind Discomatic (8-9) at Chelmsford City 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Feb.
