slowly into stride, soon rushed up on wide outside to lead over 7f out and stayed wide, headed over 3f out, soon weakened
tracked leader to over 7f out, stayed prominent, led over 2f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied near finish
took keen hold, held up in touch, outpaced when hampered on inside over 2f out, driven and effort on inner over 1f out, one pace after
tracked leaders, driven along 3f out, still pressing leaders over 1f out, unable to quicken inside final furlong
took keen hold in touch, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened under pressure over 1f out
slowly away, in rear, hampered over 1f out, kept on final furlong
held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 1f out, ridden and stayed on to lead inside final furlong
led to over 7f out, tracked leader, led over 3f out to over 2f out, still close up over 1f out, weakened final 100 yards
slowly away, behind, driven along 3f out, short lived effort on inside over 1f out
Muntada is taken to see off the challenge of the Godolphin newcomer Unquenchable, with Feu d'Artifice, Calming Waters and Majestic Halo likely to be involved in the finish as well. Marcus Tregoning won this 12 months ago with Mohafazaat, and has high hopes of repeating the feat here with Muntada who has run any number of good races in defeat, in particular when third to Summer's Eve at Goodwood in June. She has failed to open her account yet, but it is not for the want of trying, and although her front-running style will always leave her susceptible to an attack from behind, we reckon that she can see them all off here on what is her all-weather debut. She was beaten by a Godolphin newcomer last time, so Unquenchable's trainer will no doubt know just what she needs to do to see off the selection, and indeed she could be anything, but we will opt for experience over potential on this occasion. Calming Waters and Feu d'Artifice were both placed last time, while Majestic Halo has been knocking at the door all season. They can all make things interesting, but we return to Muntada as the answer.
Apache Fort Desert Prince gelding, half-brother to several winners including the useful pair Dance Routine and Apsis.
Calming Waters 20-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 12, 1 1/2l behind Dorelia (8-12) at Lingfield 1m mdn stk (5) pol in Sept.
Camp Attack 25-1 (8-13) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, hung left under pressure from over 1f out, one pace, 4th of 13, 3l behind Hurry Up Helen (8-13) at Brighton 1m 2f 3yo hcp (6) gf in Sept.
Feu d'Artifice (USA) 8-1 (9-3) Led, headed narrowly over 3f out, led again over 2f out, hard pressed over 1f out, battled on well, headed inside final furlong, no extra, 2nd of 13, nk behind Sound of Nature (9-3) at Windsor 1m mdn stk (5) gs in Oct.
Laugh 'n Cry 25-1 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 4l behind Iannis (9-5) at Lingfield 7f mdn stk (5) pol in Oct.
Majestic Halo 4-1 (8-12) In touch, ridden and one pace final 2f, 5th of 12, 7l behind Indication (8-12) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn stk (5) pol in Oct.
Muntada 7-2 (8-12) Led, edged left over 2f out, soon ridden, headed 1f out, kept on, 2nd of 8, 2l behind Moonlit Skies (9-3) at Goodwood 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) gd in Sept.
Unquenchable (USA) Kingmambo filly, half-sister to winning miler Remember Love.
