led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
steadied start, raced keenly in last pair, pushed along over 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong
tracked leaders on rail, switched out inside final 2f, went 2nd inside final furlong, led final 100 yards, stayed on well
tracked leader, challenged 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden and headed final 100 yards, no extra and lost 2nd final strides
tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, plugged on towards finish
steadied start, held up last, headway on outside over 1f out, ran on into 2nd towards finish, not reach winner
Half of this field have already won over track and trip, which is a major plus here. Nyaleti has to give 3lb to her younger rivals and has been racing over further so Franny Norton will need to ensure there is a strong gallop. Duke Of Hazzard has come into his own lately and Rossa Ryan will be keen to make the most of her chance in a race of this magnitude. Beat Le Bon won the Golden Mile here at the start of the month to complete the hat-trick and there may yet be more to come but preference is for SKARDU. Successful in the Craven Stakes on his reappearance, the latter was then third in the Qipco 2000 Guineas before solid efforts in the Irish equivalent and the St James Palace Stakes – this is a slight drop in class. Happy Power has also been highly tried since winning a Listed event at York in June but Turgenev’s form appears to fall just short of the standard required.
Nyaleti (IRE) 50-1 (9-7) Close up, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 7 1/4l behind Deirdre (9-7) at Goodwood 1m 2f Grp 1 fll stks (1) gd in Aug.
Beat Le Bon (FR) 17-2 (9-2) Steadied start, held up towards rear, daring run on inside 2f out, squeezed through over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on well, won at Goodwood 1m hcp (2) gf in Aug beating Vale Of Kent (9-5) by 1l, 20 ran.
Duke Of Hazzard (FR) 3-1fav (9-1) Raced keenly in mid-division, not clear run from inside final 2f until switched left over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, led towards finish, won at Goodwood 1m Grp 3 stks (1) gf in Aug beating Turjomaan (9-1) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Happy Power (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Held up in 5th on inside, headway and squeezed through into 4th inside final furlong, no chance with leading duo, 4th of 8, 1 3/4l behind Too Darn Hot (9-0) at Goodwood 1m Grp 1 stks (1) gd in Jul.
Skardu 7-1 (9-0) Held up, headway 2f out, switched left over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 4th of 11, 1 1/2l behind Circus Maximus (9-0) at Ascot 1m Grp 1 stks (1) gd in Jun.
Turgenev 11-8fav (9-3) Led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra, 4th of 6, 4 3/4l behind Duke Of Hazzard (9-3) at Newmarket 1m lst stks (1) gf in Jul.