held up in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out
made all, driven and strongly challenged 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on strongly under pressure
tracked leaders, hard ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on well, not reached winner
held up in rear, some headway over 1f out, never on terms
held up, never dangerous
broke well, soon held up towards rear, hard driven and headway over 1f out, never able to challenge
soon tracking leaders, effort over 2f out, every chance approaching final furlong, soon weakened
mid-division, some headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
behind, switched left to challenge over 1f out, never on terms
tracked winner, effort and every chance well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
It will be interesting to see how Saeed Bin Surror's Rio de La Plata performs on his belated reappearance having not been seen for over a year but a safer option seems to be CONFRONT, who gets the verdict with We'll Come rated the pick of the remainder. The selection dead-heated with Dream Eater in the City Of York Stakes last month having shown decent form when placed in group races previously and Sir Michael Stoute's colt looks worth backing to follow up that success on the knavesmire. Brian Meehan's Charlie Farnsbarns has been running well over further but may not appreciate the drop back in trip today and of more interest may be Ordnance Row. Richard Hannon's gelding was a narrow winner of the Group 3 Supreme Stakes at Goodwood last time but he has a penalty to carry for that and may struggle to defy it here. We'll Come was good value for his win in an Ascot handicap last time and has to be of interest for Michael Jarvis stepping into listed grade but Confront has an obvious chance and is hard to oppose.
Ordnance Row 5-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, switched left to outside over 2f out, driven over 1f out, quickened to lead final 150 yards, ran on gamely, won at Goodwood 7f Grp 3 (1) gf in Aug beating Asset (9-0) by 1l, 7 ran.
Confront 3-1 (9-0) Dwelt, held up, came centre over 4f out, ridden and headway 2f out, driven and edged left inside final furlong, led post, won at York 7f Listed stks (1) gf in Aug deadheating with Dream Eater (9-0), 12 ran.
Bushman 13-2 (8-9) Tracked leaders, headway between horses over 1f out, led 1f out, quickened clear, won at Newmarket 1m stks (2) gd in Aug beating Kay Gee Be (8-9) by 4l, 7 ran.
Charlie Farnsbarns (IRE) 10-3 (9-9) Steadied start, settled in last, in touch, close enough 2f out, not quicken over 1f out, soon outpaced, last of 5, 5l behind Without A Prayer (9-7) at Windsor 1m Listed stks (1) gf in Jun.
European Dream (IRE) 28-1 (9-1) Always behind, 20th of 23, 40l behind Extraterrestrial (8-12) at Newbury 1m hcp (2) sft in Apr.
Moyenne Corniche 20-1 (9-4) Prominent, not much room on inside over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened over 1f out, soon hampered, 11th of 14, 11l behind Drumfire (9-10) at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp (4yo+) (2) gd in Jul.
Rio de La Plata (USA) 4-1 (9-2) 3rd of 16, 2l behind Tamayuz (9-2) at Chantilly(FR) 1m Grp 1 3yo gd in Jul '08.
Rock And Roll Kid (IRE) 6-1fav (8-13) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 2f out, soon clear, stayed on well, won at Galway 1m hcp 3yo+ sft in Jul beating Maundy Money (9-0) by 2l, 18 ran.
Smokey Oakey (IRE) 66-1 (9-1) Held up in 5th, outpaced well over 1f out, no chance after, last of 7, 8l behind Delegator (8-9) at Goodwood 1m stks (1) gd in Aug.
Derbaas (USA) 7-2 (8-12) Raced wide alone, held up, headway and hung left to join main group entering final 2f, soon every chance, ridden and weakened towards finish, 4th of 7, 2 1/4l behind Spring Of Fame (8-12) at Newmarket 1m con stks (2) gd in Jul.
We'll Come 8-1 (9-12) Held up towards rear, headway on inside over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven clear, won at Ascot 1m hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Aug beating Moynahan (9-9) by 4 1/2l, 10 ran.
