chased leaders, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out
soon led, ridden over 1f out, kept on final furlong until headed and outpaced by winner final 50 yards
prominent, driven to chase leader over 1f out, ran on under pressure to lead final 50 yards
awkward leaving stall, held up in rear, headway on wide outside 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong
soon pushed along towards rear, kept on final furlong but no chance
chased leader, ridden 2f out, lost second ovr 1f out, weakened final furlong
chased leaders on outer, unable to quicken 2f out, staying on under pressure when rider lost whip inside final furlong, kept on
This is an open race so it may pay to seek a bit of value and we will do so with Sand Cat who is preferred to Time For Life and Prince Tamino. The selection was well beaten at York last time but that was in a much better race than this. He is eased in grade here and with the useful Saleem Golan taking a handy 5lbs off his back he is the one we will nominate as our idea of the winner. Time For Life was a decent third behind Faith And Reason at Newmarket last time and with the drop back to 6f in his favour he will give our selection plenty to think about. Prince Tamino is lightly-raced and is a course and distance winner so he is certainly not one to dismiss lightly but he will need to improve to make his mark in this company. Tilly's Dream won well last time and is another with place prospects, but for the winner we will return to Sand Cat who looks the value call.
Sand Cat 33-1 (8-11) In touch, ridden halfway, weakened 2f out, soon edged left, last of 8, 17l behind Balthazaar's Gift (8-11) at York 6f 2yo lst stk (1) gs.
Prince Tamino 10-3jt-fav (9-0) Tracked leaders and always going well, headway 2f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out, won at Lingfield 6f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Sept beating Loua (9-0) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Scarlet Knight 18-1 (9-0) Dwelt, held up, headway 5f out, hung right into straight, hampered 3f out and switched left, hung left and weakened 2f out, 4th of 5, 17l behind Baan (9-0) at Epsom 1m 1f 2yo stk (2) gs.
Surely Truly (IRE) 14-1 (8-6) Held up mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace, 8th of 12, 2 1/2l behind Erytheis (8-8) at Newmarket 6f 2yo hcp 0-95 (4) gs.
Time For Life (USA) 11-1 (9-3) Raced centre, held up, ridden and headway 2f out, hung left over 1f out, stayed on same pace final furlong, 3rd of 12, 2l behind Faith And Reason (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 2yo hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Sept.
Tilly's Dream 14-1 (9-7) In touch, led after 2f, ridden over 1f out, stayed on under pressure final furlong, just held on, won at Catterick 6f hcp 0-65 (6) gf beating Il Castagno (9-7) by a shd, 14 ran.
Antigoni (IRE) 7-2jt-fav (8-11) Fly jumped badly and lost 12 lengths start, headway into mid-division halfway, one pace final 2f, not recover, 6th of 13, 9l behind Magadar (8-11) at Newbury 6f 2yo mdn fll (4) gf.
Envision 11-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 6, 5l behind Achill Bay (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 2yo stk (2) gs.
