Mark Johnston has won two of the three previous runnings but Charles Kingsley has a tough task burdened with top weight on today’s going as he drops back down in trip. Frontispiece won over a longer distance at Newbury last time but this is tougher while Severance has something to prove on heavy ground as does DUBAI TRADITION. But the latter had looked progressive when landing a double before failing to give his running in a tougher contest here last time and the Godolphin colt gets a speculative vote to return to form. Unit of Assessment remains 5lb higher than when winning over track and trip in June and Autumn War is fitted with blinkers for the first time.
Charles Kingsley 7-2 (9-10) Raced wide early, led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 8, 11 1/2l behind Land Of Oz (8-0) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcp (2) gf in Sep.
Sevenna Star (IRE) 50-1 (9-3) Close up in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 5, 8 3/4l behind Withhold (9-3) at Newmarket 2m lst stks (1) gd in Sep.
Frontispiece 13-2 (9-10) Led, came to near side rail in straight, narrowly headed towards finish, rallied to join leader and force dead heat post, won at Newbury 1m 5f hcp (3) gs in Aug beating Emenem (9-7), 6 ran.
Autumn War (IRE) 28-1 (9-4) Held up in last pair, headway in centre and kept on late, no threat, 6th of 10, 3 1/2l behind Torcello (9-2) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Jabbaar 15-2 (9-1) Slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along over 5f out, ridden over 2f out, never able to get involved, 6th of 7, 19 3/4l behind Diocletian (8-13) at Chester 1m 6f hcp (3) gd in Sep.
Severance 9-2 (9-3) Took keen hold, raced wide close up, effort over 2f out, ridden and stayed on one pace final furlong, 3rd of 5, 1 1/4l behind Deal A Dollar (8-9) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Aug.
Dubai Tradition (USA) 14-1 (8-8) Mid-division, lost place and towards rear after halfway, some headway on outside over 2f out, weakened soon after, last of 13, dist behind Sir Ron Priestley (9-4) at Goodwood 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jul.
Unit of Assessment (IRE) 9-1 (9-12) Tracked leader 2f, handy 4th, ridden to challenge and every chance 2f out, lost 2nd inside final furlong, weakened soon after, 5th of 10, 4 1/4l behind All Yours (9-10) at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Lariat 4-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 6, 3 1/4l behind Koeman (9-10) at Newbury 1m 4f hcp (3) gf in Sep.
