tracked leaders, lost place and dropped to last over 4f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, went 3rd 1f out, no chance with leading pair
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened 1f out
unruly start, in rear, never a factor
held up, progress to 4th over 5f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed entering final furlong, driven and stayed on
tracked leaders, pushed along 6f out, chased leader 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, driven out
tracked leader, pressed leader 4f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
Four Star General showed very little on his first start for Henry Cecil since leaving the Aidan O'Brien's stable and looks best watched at present with a more likely winner and the selection being FASCINATION. Michael Bell's filly deserves to get her head in front having found just one too good in each of her last three starts, latterly when narrowly beaten by the Michael Jarvis-trained Best Intent over this trip at Folkestone and she can go one better today. Jeremy Noseda's Alfonso The Wise has the highest rating of those to have earned one and has to be considered but his rating seems a shade high and of more interest may be Mark Johnston's lightly raced Music City, who should come on for his two runs so far. Ralph Beckett's Sensationally is another worthy of a mention but she would probably prefer further.
Crystal Celebre (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Led, headed 5f out, ridden 4f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 21l behind Herculean (8-9) at Southwell 1m 3f mdn stks (5) fbs in Aug.
Four Star General (IRE) 6-1 (9-10) Chase leader, effort over 2f out, weakened quickly, 7th of 9, 16l behind Willing Foe (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gd in Jul.
Violet Flame (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Slowly away and held up, headway into 5th after halfway, ridden and no impression straight, weakened final furlong, 9th of 11, 12l behind Gali Gal (8-9) at Dundalk 1m 3f 3yo mdn fll pol in Oct.
Alfonso The Wise (IRE) 6-1 (9-3) Held up, headway 3f out, soon chased leaders, ridden and no impression from over 1f out, 5th of 16, 3l behind Sunny Game (9-3) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Apr.
Music City (IRE) 6-1 (9-1) In rear, headway to track leaders 9f out, ridden 3f out, kept on one pace from over 1f out, 4th of 9, 9l behind Plato (9-1) at Newmarket 1m 4f mdn stks (4) gs in Aug.
Sensationally 9-2 (8-11) Led, 3 lengths clear over 3f out, hard ridden approaching final furlong, headed well inside final furlong, no extra, 3rd of 6, 3l behind First Fandango (9-2) at Bath 1m 4f mdn stks (5) gd in Aug.
Fascination (IRE) 4-6fav (8-12) Led, headed over 2f out, soon rallied and no extra, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Best Intent (8-12) at Folkestone 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gf in Aug.
