held up in last pair, headway on wide outside over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leaders
pushed left leaving stalls, towards rear when clipped heels and stumbled after 1f, pushed along halfway, switched to inside well over 1f out and headway soon after, weakened inside final furlong, eased
led early, chased leader, led again over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, chased winner until inside final furlong, weakened and lost 2 places final 100 yards
slowly into stride and hampered start, towards rear, hampered again on inside after 1f, headway when not much room on inside approaching final furlong, no impression inside final furlong
soon led and raced keenly, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in touch, ridden 2f out, soon edged right, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, slightly hampered inside final 2f, good headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 3rd post
bumped and pushed left after start, chased leaders, challenged 2f out, led gong well over 1f out, pushed clear final furlong, comfortably
towards rear, effort on outside over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakened soon after
held up in rear, ridden inside final 2f, not clearest of runs towards outside and squeezed through over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, unable to reach winner
went badly left start, soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f
in touch on inside, effort when not clearest of runs and switched left inside final 2f, went 2nd inside final furlong, no impression and lost 2nd towards finish, lost 3rd post
There was plenty of give in the ground when Bonnie Brae won at Doncaster in November and finished runner-up in the Victoria Cup so she would like some rain. Thunderball has won twice over 6f on soft ground in recent weeks but conditions shouldn't be a problem and he's still reasonably treated. PRIMAEVAL is incredibly consistent and though most of his victories have been on Polytrack he's just as good on Turf as emphasised by his close second at Ascot in October. He's very well handicapped and can take this competitive affair. Yair Hill beat a big field at Newmarket on his final start last season and looks sure to win races this campaign while Global City returns to action after two very good runs at Meydan earlier in the year.
Bonnie Brae 11-1 (8-13) Raced far side, held up in rear, good headway over 1f out, stayed on to 2nd inside final furlong, not reach leader, 2nd of 24, 3/4l behind Global Village (8-5) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) sft.
Axiom 10-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 12th of 14, 12l behind Nazreef (9-3) at Kempton 1m hcp 0-105 (2) pol in Apr.
Bronze Prince 33-1 (9-5) Made all, ridden clear over 1f out, never looked like being caught, won at Lingfield 1m hcp 0-95 (3) pol beating Dimension (9-7) by 3/4l, 9 ran.
Global City (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) 4th of 13, 4l behind Krypton Factor (9-5) at Meydan(UAE) 6f Group 3 stks (3yo+) (1) in Mar.
Kakatosi 33-1 (8-12) Raced in centre, in touch over 4f, 20th of 24, 17l behind Global Village (8-5) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) sft.
Thunderball 2-1fav (9-3) Chased leaders, went 2nd 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on well, won at Ascot 6f hcp 0-95 (3) sft beating Gouray Girl (8-13) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
Citrus Star (USA) 22-1 (9-5) Raced on outside, dwelt, always behind, never any chance, 16th of 17, 44l behind Seal Rock (9-3) at Pontefract 6f hcp 0-100 (2) sft in Apr.
Primaeval 11-10fav (9-0) Dwelt in touch, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, pushed out, readily, won at Kempton 7f cnd stks (4yo+) (4) pol in Mar beating Rodrigo De Torres (9-0) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Mr David (USA) 33-1 (8-12) Raced stands side, held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 13th of 29, 6l behind Edinburgh Knight (9-6) at Ascot 7f Apprentice Handicap (0-100) (3yo+) (2) gd in Oct.
Noble Citizen (USA) 11-1 (9-1) In touch in rear, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out, last of 6, 27l behind Mawaakef (8-12) at Yarmouth 7f hcp 0-95 (3) hvy.
Rulesn'regulations 8-1 (9-1) Led, headed approaching 2f out, ridden over 1f out, weakening when hampered entering final furlong, 9th of 12, 12l behind Clockmaker (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Dec.
Yair Hill (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Mid-division, headway when not much room and faltered slightly on stands side rail well over 1f out, soon switched right, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Newmarket 7f hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct beating Beckermet (9-5) by 1l, 20 ran.
