keen tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened final furlong
in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, nearest finish
close up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, stayed on
in touch, pushed along and headway 2f out, hampered approaching final furlong, ridden and stayed on
slowly away in rear, never a factor
close up, ridden 2f out, keeping on same pace when hampered approaching final furlong, soon weakened
led, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, no extra
tracked leaders on inner, not clear run over 1f out and entering final furlong, switched left, ridden and ran on
dwelt held up, pushed along and headway entering final furlong, stayed on
held up towards rear, wide and headway entering final 2f, ridden to lead when edged right approaching final furlong, ran on
awkwardly away wide and headway to track leaders after 2f, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
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Sir Dancealot bids for the hat-trick in this Group 2 but probably has more on his plate this year. Duke Of Hazzard is 3-3 here and returned to form with a third in the Summer Mile at Ascot but the drop back in trip is a worry against 7f specialists. Space Blues beat subsequent Haydock scorer D'bai at Longchamp last month but had had a run when earlier just edging out SAFE VOYAGE (NAP) at Haydock. The rains may have arrived just in time for John Quinn’s charge and he did well to score at Epsom last time as he was hanging down the camber. Glorious Journey won at this level at Newbury last year but he carries a penalty and hasn’t raced since January. Pierre Lapin’s run in the Commonwealth Cup was too bad to be true but he has a lot to prove stepping up a furlong and none of the others are likely to be good enough.
Glorious Journey (9-0) 3rd of 14, 2 1/4l behind Dark Power (9-0) at Riyadh 6f gf in Feb.
D'bai (IRE) 3-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, headway between horses approaching final furlong, quickened to lead inside final furlong, ran on, won at Haydock 7f stks (3) gs in Jul beating Ostilio (9-5) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Duke Of Hazzard (FR) 16-1 (9-1) Mid-division, good headway on inside tracking leaders over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, went 2nd and kept on inside final furlong, never going pace of winner, lost that placing near finish, 3rd of 11, 4l behind Mohaather (9-1) at Ascot 1m Grp 2 stks (1) gd in Jul.
Escobar (IRE) 80-1 (9-0) Held up, ridden 2f out, not trouble leaders, 12th of 15, 7 1/2l behind Circus Maximus (9-0) at Ascot 1m Grp 1 stks (1) gs in Jun.
Graignes (FR) (9-0) last of 14, 17l behind Dark Power (9-0) at Riyadh 6f gf in Feb.
History Writer (IRE) 40-1 (9-6) Steadied start, raced in near side group, behind most of way, 5th of 8, 8l behind Century Dream (9-9) at Newbury 1m Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Jun.
Marie's Diamond (IRE) 8-1 (9-1) Led until inside final 2f, weakened quickly, 9th of 11, 12 1/4l behind Mohaather (9-1) at Ascot 1m Grp 2 stks (1) gd in Jul.
Safe Voyage (IRE) 6-5fav (9-5) Tracked leaders on outside, closer on outside in 3rd 2f out, ridden and closed over 1f out, led final 110 yards, ran on strongly (course record time), won at Epsom 7f lst stks (1) gd in Jul beating Vale Of Kent (9-5) by 1 1/2l, 6 ran.
Sir Dancealot (IRE) 40-1 (9-6) Towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never nearer, 7th of 12, 4 3/4l behind Oxted (9-6) at Newmarket 6f Grp 1 stks (1) gd in Jul.
Space Blues (IRE) (9-5) won at ParisLongchamp 7f Grp 3 stks gd in Jun beating D'bai (9-5) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Pierre Lapin (IRE) 7-2 (9-0) Raced centre, mid-division, pushed along and struggling over 2f out, last and eased over 1f out, last of 16, 18 1/4l behind Golden Horde (9-0) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 (1) gs in Jun.
Bless Him (IRE) 50-1 (9-1) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, never involved, 8th of 11, 9 1/4l behind Mohaather (9-1) at Ascot 1m Grp 2 stks (1) gd in Jul.
Beat Le Bon (FR) 33-1 (9-1) Pulled hard, switched left to track leader racing on wide outside after 1f, tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f, last of 11, 18 1/4l behind Mohaather (9-1) at Ascot 1m Grp 2 stks (1) gd in Jul.
