chased leader, led over 2f out, stayed on towards finish, held on well
led, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, chased winner over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
PRINCE SIEGFRIED is preferred to Libel Law and Big Bound. The Godolphin team are ticking along nicely at present and this colt made a satisfactory debut for them three weeks ago at Kempton in a similar contest. He was well held but raced keenly having missed the break and can be rated a little better than the bare form; the run should have brought him on and he did enough to believe that he can win more races. Rendezvous is clearly of interest having shown a fair level of form for Andre Fabre but his breeding suggests that he may be seen to better effect over a trip and a watching brief is the order of the day on his belated return to action. Big Bound produced a couple of decent performances in the spring but has struggled of late; he is dropped in grade though and that may help him produce a more competitive performance. Similar remarks apply to Misdaqeya who has been highly tried on both starts but Libel Law looks very interesting having been asked to contest the Dee Stakes on the back of a maiden win. In Footlights impressed when justifying market support on debut but those in-behind to have run haven't done an awful lot for the form and it remains to be seen whether he can prove competitive in this company. He looks likely to have to play a supporting role to Prince Siegfried who can lead them in this dance.
Big Bound (USA) 40-1 (9-2) Led at good pace, steadied tempo halfway, ridden and headed inside final 3f, weakened quickly, 11th of 12, 25l behind Glass Harmonium (9-2) at Royal Ascot 1m 2f 3yo lst stk (1) gf in Jun.
In Footlights (USA) 5-2fav (9-3) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, ran on, won at Newmarket 1m 3yo mdn (4) gf in Jun beating Wake Up Call (8-12) by 2 3/4l, 12 ran.
Libel Law 7-1 (8-12) Prominent, driven over 1f out, one pace until weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 4l behind South Easter (8-12) at Chester 1m 2f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gf in May.
Rendezvous (IRE) (8-13) 2nd of 6, 4l behind Chock A Block (8-7) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 1f stk gs in Oct.
Misdaqeya 40-1 (9-2) Held up in mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden hung right and weakened over 1f out, 10th of 19, 15l behind Moneycantbuymelove (8-11) at Royal Ascot 1m 3yo fll lst hcp (1) gf in Jun.
Prince Siegfried (FR) 7-2 (9-3) Stumbled leaving stalls, took keen hold in mid-division, kept on to take 3rd 1f out, no chance with leading duo, 3rd of 8, 8l behind Cloudy Start (9-3) at Kempton 1m cnd stks (3yo) (3) pol in Jun.
