held up in touch, headway on outside 3f out, chased leading pair over 1f out, every chance until weakened and not much room towards finish
took keen hold, chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out
pushed along from start, soon chased leader, ridden 6f out, every chance under pressure 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 2f out
took keen hold in touch, chased leaders 6f out, outpaced over 2f out, driven over 1f out, stayed on again inside final furlong, went 4th close home
reluctant to go to post, held up in rear, some headway when hampered on rails inside final 2f, weakened soon after
made virtually all, strongly pressed fom 3f out, kept on gamely throughout final furlong, all out
held up in last trio, headway on outside and hung right 2f out, plugged on inside final furlong
Ryan Moore can complete a treble here on GRUMETI. Alan King's charge followed his close third in the Triumph Hurdle by scoring at Aintree and continued his progress by beating Local Hero on the Flat at Ascot a fortnight ago. He looks well capable of landing this from a mark of 89 before going on to better things on the level. Ithoughtitwasover beat Local Hero narrowly at Newmarket before landing a Listed handicap at Hamilton. He's up another 7lb for this and faces a stiff task against the selection. Cosimo De Medici is a stayer who will probably find this too short and though Life And Soul has dropped to a winnable mark, he ran so poorly at Epsom last month that he's best watched for now. Romeo Montague ran his best race to date at York last week and a repeat would see him in the frame.
Ithoughtitwasover (IRE) 15-8fav (8-10) Tracked leader, led on bit 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, soon came clear, eased close home, won at Hamilton 1m 4f listed hcp 0-110 (1) gs beating Hillview Boy (8-10) by 1 3/4l, 6 ran.
Late Telegraph (IRE) 11-4 (8-11) Dwelt, took keen hold, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace, 3rd of 7, 8l behind Irish Flame (9-6) at Kempton 1m 3f stks (3yo+) (4) pol in Nov.
Woolfall Treasure 14-1 (9-10) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 8l behind Lifetime (7-7) at Goodwood 1m 6f hcp 0-105 (2) sft.
Hanoverian Baron 4-1fav (9-7) Close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 10th of 11, 21l behind Tinshu (8-10) at Lingfield 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Nov.
Cosimo De Medici 16-1 (8-10) Behind, headway into mid-division over 4f out, soon ridden and no impression, weakened over 1f out, 16th of 33, 34l behind Never Can Tell (8-11) at Newmarket 2m 2f hcp (2) gd in Oct.
Grumeti 6-4 (8-11) Held up last, niggled along over 4f out, went 3rd inside final 4f, led on outside 2f out, in control when hung right to rails over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Ascot 1m 4f hcp 0-95 (3) gs beating Local Hero (8-12) by 1 1/2l, 4 ran.
Romeo Montague 22-1 (8-7) Held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, every chance inside final furlong, kept on, held towards finish, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Gatewood (8-7) at York 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) gd.
Life And Soul (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Held up in touch, pushed along and weakened over 2f out, 8th of 10, 33l behind Aiken (9-3) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f hcp 0-95 (3) sft in Apr.
Sand Skier 14-1 (8-10) Took keen hold, raced wide towards rear, good headway on outside over 4f out, joined leaders 3f out, went 2nd and challenged 2f out, every chance when carried badly right well inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 13, shd behind Star Commander (9-7) at Lingfield 1m 5f hcp 0-80 (4) pol.
