held up, ridden 4f out, short of room 3f out, headway 2f out, weakened 1f out
midfield, short of room 3f out, ridden 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong
soon led, ridden 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
dwelt, ridden early, ridden 2f out, some minor late headway
midfield, ridden and switched right over 2f out, headway to lead 1f out, ran on well
prominent, pushed along 3f out, keeping on when short of room 1f out, not recovered
prominent, ridden to join leaders over 1f out, kept on
held up, ridden and headway 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong
DEFINED showed a big improvement upped to 1m2f at Lingfield when beaten less than a length. He’s preferred of John Gosden’s three runners ahead of Coloratura Soprano and Bosphorus. The latter finished behind Cosmic George at Chelmsford on his debut while Al Nayyir is a full-brother to a Listed winner and makes more appeal than stablemate King Of Tomorrow. Gloucestershire and Ad Infinitum are both related to Graded winners in North America and are other newcomers to note.
Al Nayyir Dubawi colt out of Bright Beacon.
Bosphorus 20-1 (9-5) Went right start and slowly away, detached after 1f but improved to latch on to main group after 2f, lost touch again over 3f out and got further behind, never a factor, last of 9, 14 1/2l behind Daramethos (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Cosmic George (IRE) 50-1 (9-5) Settled in midfield, pushed along 3f out, switched wide inside final 2f but never able to challenge, 7th of 9, 6l behind Daramethos (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Defined 8-1 (9-5) Close up, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, ridden and ran on, 3rd of 12, 3/4l behind Parachute (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Fleurman (IRE) Mastercraftsman gelding out of Fleur De Nuit.
Gloucestershire (USA) Flintshire colt out of Ballade's Girl.
King Of Tomorrow Dubawi colt out of Gallipot.
Lorca (GER) 11-1 (9-5) Prominent, pushed along 3f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 17, 11 3/4l behind Simons King (9-5) at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) sft in Nov.
Ad Infinitum Golden Horn filly out of Madame Hoi.
Coloratura Soprano (ITY) 4-1 (9-0) Keen in front, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened quickly over 1f out, 9th of 10, 12 1/2l behind Wild Iris (9-0) at Newcastle 7f fll stks (5) pol in Oct.