keen tracked leaders, went 2nd 5f out, pushed along to lead 2f out, edged right over 1f out, ridden and ran on
keen tracked leader, led over 5f out, ridden and headed 2f out, one pace and lost 2nd inside final furlong
tracked leaders, lost place 4f out, pushed along 3f out, headway 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go 2nd inside final furlong, no threat to winner
close up in rear, headway 2f out, ridden and no impression from over 1f out
keen led, headed over 5f out, soon short of room, tracked leader, weakened 2f out, eased final furlong
John Gosden sent out last year’s winner and DUBAI WARRIOR is clear at the weights. The son of Dansili won a Listed race here last year before landing the Winter Derby over track and trip and is hard to oppose in this. Sinjaari landed the John Smith’s Cup at York on his reappearance and debuts on the all-weather for his first outing in Pattern company while Palavecino found Loxley too good over a longer trip in Listed company at Kempton recently. The remaining pair, Satono Japan and Golden Lips, have even more to find on official ratings with preference for the former.
Dubai Warrior 8-1 (9-12) Led until ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 4l behind Magny Cours (9-10) at Sandown 1m 2f lst stks (1) gf in Jul.
Palavecino (FR) 11-4 (9-4) Taken to post early, set steady pace, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 5, 2l behind Loxley (9-4) at Kempton 1m 4f lst stks (1) pol in Nov.
Sinjaari (IRE) 7-1 (9-3) In rear far side, never on terms, no chance with stand side, 24th of 27, 18 1/4l behind Majestic Dawn (8-8) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp (2) gd in Sep.
Satono Japan (JPN) 5-1 (9-9) Slowly into stride, pushed along early towards rear, headway on outside over 1f out, plugged on in 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 3l behind Aim For The Stars (8-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Oct.
Golden Lips (IRE) (8-11) 7th of 10, 9 1/4l behind Zamrud (8-11) at Baden-Baden 1m 4f Grp 2 gs in Sep.