held up in rear, headway when not much room over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
went badly right start, soon recovered into mid-division, ridden 3f out, weakened rapidly, tailed off
reminder and soon chased leader, hard ridden to lead just inside final 2f, kept on under pressure until headed well inside final furlong
led, headed inside final 2f, stayed close up and every chance over 1f out, weakened quickly final furlong
held up in rear, shaken up and kept on steadily from over 1f out, never near to challenge
held up in rear, effort and pushed along 2f out, soon one pace, unbeaten
chased leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, weakened towards finish
rear at start, recovered and soon in mid-division, headway when bumped over 2f out, stayed on
in touch, pushed along 3f out, weakened quickly over 2f out, eased when no chance final furlong
chased leaders, headway and switched right over 2f out, ridden to chase leaders entering final furlong, stayed on to lead well inside final furlong
Our selection here is Motive, with Anatolian Queen and Charleston possibly proving best of the rest. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained selection is a son of Machiavellian out of a Nashwan mare that stayed well. Home reports have been reasonably encouraging and if the market backs this up then he could be worth a bet. Peter Paul Rubens is well-bred on American lines and could go well, hailing as he does from Paul Cole's yard, but Bailaora's form is reasonable at best but at least he has proven he acts on good to soft. Anatolian Queen is interesting in that she is well-related, so watch the betting for clues, a similar comment applying to John Gosden's Charleston. Devious Ayers has shown a modicum of promise and My Pension is not a forlorn hope on breeding but, once again, our vote goes to Motive.
