held up in 6th, pushed along and unable to quicken over 2f out, plugged on final furlong, never threatened
tracked leader, led after 1f and dictated steady pace, gradually wound up tempo from 3f out and lengthened, stayed on strongly final furlong, unchallenged
raced keenly, close up until steadied into 4th 8f out, pushed along on outside and went 2nd 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace and no chance with winner
held up in 5th, pushed along and unable to quicken over 2f out, plugged on in 4th final furlong
tracked leaders, went close 3rd 8f out, ridden and unable to quicken inside final 2f, plugged on in 3rd
keen, led 1f, tracked winner until 2f out, soon ridden, weakened over 1f out
virtually refused to race and lost many lengths, caught on to back of field halfway, never any chance
KLASSIQUE edges this at the weights having shown progressive form last year, culminating in a close-up second in Group 3 company in France. She gets the vote on her reappearance with the Haggas yard firing in the winners in the past week. Enbihaar also returns to action having won over 1m3f before finding life tough in Listed company over 1m6f at Ascot. She has plenty of scope for improvement this year and should have the measure of Crystal Moonlight on these terms with the latter also needing to reverse running at Salisbury in August with Lorelina. Andrew Balding’s mare looks first choice ahead of stablemate Wingingit while Plait is less exposed than Mazzuri, though both have something to prove at this level.
Crystal Moonlight 6-1 (8-13) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 9th of 13, 27 1/4l behind Klassique (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 4f hcp fll (2) gs in Oct.
Enbihaar (IRE) 13-2 (8-10) Raced wide in rear, pushed along and headway over 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Ghostwatch (9-1) at Ascot 1m 6f lst stks (1) gd in Oct.
Klassique (8-10) 2nd of 11, 3/4l behind Bartaba (8-10) at Saint-Cloud 1m 6f Grp 3 stks gs in Oct.
Lorelina 33-1 (9-0) Close up, every chance over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 8th of 23, 5 3/4l behind Royal Line (9-8) at Doncaster 1m 4f hcp (2) sft in Nov.
Mazzuri (IRE) 22-1 (8-8) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 11, 7 1/2l behind Mountain Angel (8-12) at Epsom 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Apr.
Plait (8-9) 14th of 16, 11 1/4l behind Pump Pump Palace (8-12) at Cagnes-sur-Mer 1m 2f lst stks gd in Feb.
Wingingit (IRE) 25-1 (8-8) Taken to post early, dwelt towards rear, ridden and ran on final furlong, nearest finish, 6th of 11, 5 3/4l behind Mountain Angel (8-12) at Epsom 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Apr.
