led early, tracked leader, led over 1f out, held on
slowly into stride, took keen hold, tracked leaders, not much room over 2f out, soon beaten
soon led, headed over 1f out, rallied inside final furlong, just held
held up, effort over 2f out, unable to quicken over 1f out, stayed on again towards finish
Fidaawy romped home at Doncaster for an easy win but is upped in class and has a 12lb hike to contend with. In The Red has an absence to overcome and has gone up the same amount having ended last season with a double over shorter trips while New Caledonia hasn’t raced since May and has only won a maiden so far. Zhui Feng ran well in Listed company in France last week and can figure but YOU’RE HIRED is preferred, despite a 6lb rise in the weights. He scored in this grade over track and trip last month to remain unbeaten this year and there should be more to come from him.
Zhui Feng (IRE) (8-13) 3rd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Alignement (8-13) at Clairefontaine 1m 1f lst stks gd in Aug.
Fidaawy 5-4fav (9-5) Made all, ridden clear inside final furlong, easily, won at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in Aug beating Fastnet Tempest (9-7) by 7l, 5 ran.
New Caledonia (IRE) 9-2 (9-6) Led, ridden and headed 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 6, 2 1/4l behind Primitivo (9-5) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (3) gf in May.
You're Hired 9-1 (8-2) Tracked leaders on outside, ran wide on bend halfway, went 2nd over 3f out, challenging when went left inside final 2f, ridden over 1f out, stayed on gamely inside final furlong, led final strides, won at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp stks (2) gf in Jul beating Ode To Evening (9-7) by hd, 15 ran.
In The Red (IRE) 7-1 (8-11) Made all, driveen clear over 1f out, ran on strongly, won at Goodwood 7f (4) gs in Oct beating Many Dreams (8-2) by 5l, 11 ran.
