held up in mid-division, switched left and ridden for effort 1f out, plugged on without troubling leaders
led, niggled along 3f out and soon headed, weakened inside final furlong
slowly away and held up in last, made headway to challenge on bridle over 1f out, ridden for effort inside final furlong, kept on
tracked leader on inner and raced keenly, lost second but remained handy halfway, unable to get clear run when going well 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong once in the clear
held up towards rear, niggled along over 2f out, pushed along to lead 1f out, ran on well
niggled away from start and chased leaders, took closer order halfway, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed 1f out, no extra
NonRunner
COMMUNIQUE has been frustrating to follow this year but gets a final chance to come good as he probably didn’t quite see out the extra yardage when beaten by Eagles By Day at York last time. He has earlier finished ahead of last year’s winner Desert Encounter and Alounak when runner-up at Newmarket but Pablo Escobarr looks a danger back over his optimum distance having got outpaced over 1m2f at Newbury. Spirit Of Appin weakened quickly on her reappearance at Haydock but she’ll strip fitter here and did win in this grade at Newmarket last year. Le Don De Vie is only a handicapper, however, while Thundering Blue is looking a shadow of his former self.
Alounak (FR) 5-2 (9-6) Tracked leaders, ridden and every chance over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 6 3/4l behind Dame Malliot (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 4f Grp 2 stks (1) sft in Jul.
Communique (IRE) 2-1 (9-0) Chased leader until over 8f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on, held towards finish, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Eagles By Day (9-0) at York 1m 6f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Jul.
Desert Encounter (IRE) 20-1 (9-6) Dwelt held up in rear, headway and switched left approaching final furlong, ridden and no impression final furlong, 3rd of 7, 3 3/4l behind Dame Malliot (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 4f Grp 2 stks (1) sft in Jul.
Le Don De Vie 10-1 (9-6) Raced wide in touch, ridden and headway 3f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 4th of 16, 3 3/4l behind Deja (9-10) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (2) sft in Jul.
Pablo Escobarr (IRE) 7-1 (9-6) Soon led and set strong pace, stretched field 4f out, reduced lead ridden and headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd and plugged on final 100 yards, 3rd of 9, 2l behind Global Giant (9-6) at Newbury 1m 2f lst stks (1) gd in Jul.
Spirit Of Appin 10-1 (9-5) Dwelt headway to lead 10f out, ridden and headed approaching 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 5, 14 1/2l behind Manuela De Vega (9-5) at Haydock 1m 4f Grp 2 fll (1) sft in Jul.
Thundering Blue (USA) 20-1 (9-5) Held up and behind, never threatened, 10th of 12, 6 1/2l behind Royal Line (9-5) at Kempton 1m 4f Grp 3 stks (1) pol in Sep.