held up towards rear, headway on inner over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt in rear, wide and headway over 1f out, ran on, nearest finish
tracked leaders, chased leader entering final 3f, ridden 2f out, no extra and lost 2 places inside final furlong
in touch, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
(sweating before race) led early, tracked leader until pushed along 3f out, weakened quickly, tailed off
slowly away towards rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, nearest finish
in touch, pushed along over 3f out, effort over 1f out, weakened final furlong
soon led, pushed along and edged left over 1f out, ridden and headed towards finish
Ballydole have won two of the last three renewals of today’s feature event though dual Guineas winner Hermosa steps up in trip having found one too good in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. She was beaten by the French filly Watch Me trained by Francis-Henri Graffard on that occasion and the latter should have a good handle on the chances of CHANNEL (NAP) today. She continued her rapid progress with a hard-fought victory in the French Oaks at Chantilly and there looks even more to come. Mehdaayih also won in France last time when landing a Group 2 at Saint-Cloud in good style and the Gosden filly is not out of this having finished in front of Maqsad in the Oaks at Epsom earlier. Rawdaa finished clear of both Sun Maiden and Nyaleti when runner-up to Lah Ti Dar in the Group 2 Middleton Stakes at York in May and has a chance on that form but Just Wonderful looks her yard’s second string and the Japanese filly Deirdre ran below par at Ascot in June.
Deirdre (JPN) 33-1 (8-11) Held up just off the pace in 4th, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 6th of 8, 13 1/4l behind Crystal Ocean (9-0) at Ascot 1m 2f Grp 1 stks (1) sft in Jun.
Nyaleti (IRE) 9-1 (9-5) Chased leader until over 3f out, lost place over 2f out, 4th of 6, 7 1/4l behind Enbihaar (9-5) at Haydock 1m 4f Grp 2 fll (1) gf in Jul.
Rawdaa 4-1 (9-0) Bit keen, held up in mid-division far side of group, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, pressed winner and every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish, 2nd of 17, nk behind Move Swiftly (9-0) at Ascot 1m Grp 2 fll stks (1) sft in Jun.
Sun Maiden 11-8fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, driven and headway over 2f out, led inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong, won at Newcastle 1m 2f Grp 3 fll stks (1) pol in Jun beating Nyaleti (9-5) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Channel (IRE) (8-13) won at Chantilly 1m 2f Grp 1 stks gs in Jun beating Commes (8-13) by hd, 16 ran.
Hermosa (IRE) Evensfav (9-0) Tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon headed, kept on one pace, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Watch Me (9-0) at Ascot 1m Grp 1 fll stks (1) gd in Jun.
Just Wonderful (USA) 18-1 (8-9) Rough trip, gd courage, 2nd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Concrete Rose (8-9) at Belmont Park 1m 2f stks gd in Jul.
Maqsad (FR) 4-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders in 5th, smooth headway over 2f out 2nd and every chance approaching 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, chased leaders, hung right approaching final furlong, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 14, 10l behind Anapurna (9-0) at Epsom 1m 4f Grp 1 fll (1) gd in May.
Mehdaayih (8-12) won at Saint-Cloud 1m 4f Grp 2 stks gs in Jun beating Edisa (8-12) by 2l, 7 ran.
