led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened
dwelt, headway into midfield shortly after start, nudged along 3f out, went second 2f out, kept on without threatening clear winner
held up, ridden 3f out, no extra inside final furlong
midfield, nudged along 3f out, briefly short of room over 2f out, ran on inside final furlong
held up, ridden over 2f out, no impression
chased leader, headway to lead 3f out, pushed along and went clear over 2f out, ran on well
Waldfabel hasn’t raced since placing over 1m2f at Newbury on his debut back in June though is still preferred to stablemate Aureum, who sports the Godolphin colours. GREEN PLANET started off in a bumper but showed ability switched to this code when runner-up over 1m4f at Wolverhampton. That looks stronger form than Calculus’ second over a mile at Newcastle and David Simcock’s charge gets the vote with the remaining pair harder to recommend.
Calculus (IRE) 33-1 (9-4) Led, ridden over 1f out, soon headed, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 4 1/2l behind Silent Hunter (9-5) at Newcastle 1m stks (5) pol in Dec.
Green Planet (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Dwelt in touch in rear, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 2 3/4l behind Horn Of Plenty (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Minster (IRE) 28-1 (9-2) Held up in last trio, outpaced in rear 4f out, never a factor, 5th of 8, 16 3/4l behind Al Zaraqaan (9-9) at Kempton 1m 3f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Aureum (USA) 5-4fav (9-0) Slowly away, green and behind, stayed on from over 1f out, no chance with leaders, 5th of 10, 9 1/4l behind Maurimo (9-0) at Kempton 1m mdn fll stks (5) pol in Jun.
Star Dreamer 50-1 (8-11) Towards rear, quick move on outside chasing leaders 4f out, weakened over 2f out, 5th of 10, 10 1/2l behind Untold Story (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (5) pol in Dec.
Waldfabel 14-1 (9-0) Led and set steady pace, ridden and headed inside final 2f, lost 2nd over 1f out, stayed on same pace in 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 4 1/4l behind Gold Wand (9-0) at Newbury 1m 2f mdn fll stks (5) gd in Jun.