towards rear, wide and headway 4f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, stayed on
in touch, headway to lead over 8f out, pushed along and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, pushed along to lead over 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, kept on
close up, pushed along 3f out, weakened 2f out
keen prominent, led after 2f, headed over 8f out, tracked leader, pushed along over 2f out, kept on same pace
led 2f, tracked leaders, lost place over 4f out, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden and no impression after
in rear, pushed along 3f out, never on terms
in touch, wide and headway over 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on
Study The Stars made a winning reappearance to land a double over 1m4f here and can figure if lasting home. But HEDONISTA made a respectable debut over today’s distance when fourth here and has the scope for further progress. Pons Aelius drops back down in class with every chance while Mountain Road represents last year’s winning yard.
Mountain Road (FR) 11-4fav (10-2) Went left leaving stalls, midfield, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, made no impression, 5th of 8, 5 3/4l behind Circuit Breaker (9-4) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Nuits St Georges (IRE) 66-1 (9-13) Took keen hold and raced wide early, led after 3f, ridden along and headed over 3f out, weakened quickly, last of 13, dist behind Glenister (9-0) at Newcastle 1m 4f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Study The Stars 6-1 (10-3) Made all, pushed along 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (5) pol in Sep beating Prosecco (9-6) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
Green Team (FR) 25-1 (8-13) In touch, ridden and weakened over 2f out, 13th of 14, dist behind Forza Orta (9-3) at York 2m hcp (2) gf in Aug.
Pons Aelius (IRE) 8-1 (8-11) Tracked leaders, pushed along and every chance 2f out, weakened final furlong, 7th of 8, 10 1/4l behind Novel Legend (9-11) at Goodwood 2m hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Charles St 7-2 (10-0) Went right start, held up in last pair, reminder 4f out, never involved, 5th of 6, 17l behind Lady Percival (10-0) at Salisbury 1m 6f hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Sky Power (IRE) 50-1 (9-8) In touch in mid-division, pushed along and hung right over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, last of 7, 8l behind Sea Stone (10-1) at Kempton 2m hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Hedonista (IRE) 14-1 (9-5) Mid-division on inside, headway on inside 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, never going pace to reach leading trio, 4th of 13, 1 3/4l behind Solution (9-0) at Kempton 2m hcp (5) pol in Aug.