soon led, headed over 4f out, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
raced wide throughout held up, headway and hung left 2f out, challenged from over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
keen with leader until led over 4f out, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, led 3f out, pressed from over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, soon eased
dwelt in touch, headway to track leading pair 3f out, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, ran on, always held by winner
dwelt raced wide, tracked leaders after 2f, ridden 3f out, outpaced by leading trio over 1f out, stayed on for clear 4th inside final furlong
dwelt in rear, headway to chase leaders over 3f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
took keen hold held up, stumbled 6f out, weakened over 3f out
dwelt in rear, ridden over 2f out, never near leaders
With no previous form in today's conditions to go on, a chance is taken on the newcomer TANTAMOUNT as a couple of his nine winning relatives scored in testing ground in France. Gold Rally also makes his debut and the 450,000 dollar colt is related to dirt winners in America, as is Marco Botti's newcomer Lelaps. Intuition finished a promising second on his fast ground debut at Warwick and improvement should also be forthcoming from both Touch Gold and Mawaqeet.
Eastlands Lad (IRE) 100-1 (8-10) Slowly into stride, outpaced and always well behind, 15th of 16, well behind Vital Gold (8-13) at Pontefract 6f 2yo mdn aut (4) gf in Jul.
Gold Rally (USA) Medaglia D'oro colt out of Beright.
Intuition 14-1 (9-0) Chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to 2nd inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 2nd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Asifa (9-0) at Warwick 7f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Sep.
Key Appointment Pivotal colt out of Appointed One.
Lelaps (USA) Mr Greeley colt out of Rebecca Parisi.
Mawaqeet (USA) 14-1 (9-3) Slowly away, ran green in rear, never a factor, 12th of 13, 20l behind Emmuska (8-12) at Sandown 1m 2yo mdn (5) gd in Sep.
Penang Pegasus Zamindar gelding out of Pulau Pinang.
Red Shimmer (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) Keen, chased leader early until soon steadied off heels and held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten, last of 8, 16l behind Famous Poet (9-0) at Warwick 7f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Sep.
Solar View (IRE) 50-1 (8-12) Outpaced towards rear, never on terms, 10th of 12, 20l behind Samuel Pickwick (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Tantamount Observatory colt out of Cantanta.
Touch Gold (IRE) 7-1 (9-0) Mid-division, headway over 3f out, chased leaders over 1f out, never on terms, 5th of 14, 6l behind Mazeydd (9-0) at Haydock 1m 2yo mdn (5) gs in Sep.
