went left start, chased leaders on inside, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened
went right and bumped start, chased leaders on inside, shaken up and not quicken inside final 2f, ridden and stayed on same pace inside final furlong
slight bumped start, raced keenly, led and set steady pace, pushed along and quickened over 2f out, joined inside final furlong, headed near finish
raced keenly, soon steadied towards rear, headway towards inside chasing leaders over 2f out, kept on steadily in 3rd inside final furlong, going on close home
steadied start, held up and behind, never on terms
raced keenly tracking leader, challenged inside final furlong, soon hung left, ridden to lead near finish
slowly into stride held up towards rear on inside, never on terms
held up in last pair, wide on home turn, never a factor
chased leaders on outside, headway over 1f out, edged left and kept on same pace inside final furlong
John Gosden is likely to feel that Riot is unfortunate not to have broken his maiden by now as the Kingman colt and Oisin Murphy have been foiled in three successive photo finishes at Sandown Park, being well backed on each occasion. He is clearly held in some regard and has an obvious chance to end that frustrating sequence but Jean Baptiste looks a Stoute slow-burner and will improve for his debut. HOT SUMMER showed abundant promise when second on debut at HQ having been easy to back. He only went down by a neck to Royal Crusade and could prove good enough if building on that promise.
Austin Taetious 100-1 (9-5) Bumped start, always behind, tailed off over 3f out, 7th of 8, 35 1/2l behind Dubai Souq (9-5) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f mdn stks (4) pol in Aug.
Hot Summer 25-1 (9-0) Hampered start, close up, ridden and headway to chase winner over 1f out, ran on, 2nd of 9, nk behind Royal Crusade (9-0) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) gf in Aug.
Jean Baptiste (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Tracked leading pair on inside, weakened inside final furlong, 4th of 5, 7 1/4l behind Native Tribe (9-5) at Sandown 1m mdn stks (4) gd in Aug.
Karibana (IRE) Hallowed Crown colt out of Queen Wasp.
Opine (IRE) 10-1 (9-5) Broke on terms with leaders, soon mid-division and ran green at times, switched left over 2f out, well held from over 1f out, 6th of 8, 11 1/2l behind Bronze River (9-5) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Aug.
Riot (IRE) 8-15fav (9-2) Led, ridden pressed narrowly headed inside final furlong, rallied until no extra towards finish, 2nd of 6, nk behind Tammani (9-2) at Sandown 7f stks (4) gd in Jul.
Son Of Red (IRE) French Navy colt out of Tarziyma.
Tigerten 50-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, always towards rear, 8th of 12, 9 1/4l behind Lucander (9-2) at Windsor 1m stks (5) gd in Aug.
Turn On The Charm (FR) Charm Spirit colt out of Shendaya.
Beauty Choice Bated Breath gelding out of Modesty's Way.
Dark Moonlight (IRE) 33-1 (9-2) Held up, never dangerous, 7th of 8, 35l behind Fred (9-2) at Leicester 7f stks (4) gs in Jun.