wore hood to post, sweating, raced keenly, led, ridden over 1f out, headed and not pace of winner inside final furlong, lost 2nd post
raced keenly, held up off the pace in 5th, ridden inside final 2f, soon weakened
sweating, slowly into stride, well outpaced in rear, stayed on under pressure into modest 4th towards finish, never going pace to get involved
held up off the pace in 4th, headway on near side rail over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd post, no chance with winner
tracked leading pair, pushed along over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, quickened to lead inside final furlong, comfortably
tracked leader, hung badly left from 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, weakened final furlong
Richard Hannon trained last year’s winner and Lusail, a dual Group 2 winner over 6f, is preferred to stablemate Gubbass. The latter is partnered by Ryan Moore but has a bit to find with the Group 1 Prix Morny winner Perfect Power, who has every chance and is in the 2000 Guineas along with ANGEL BLEU. The Vintage Stakes winner ended last year with a couple of Group 1 victories in France under Frankie Dettori and the latter can steer him home in this. Flaming Rib showed good progress over 6f last year culminating in a Listed success at Doncaster and is reportedly being aimed at the French 2000 Guineas but The Wizard Of Eye looks up against it.
Angel Bleu (FR) 6-4 (8-13) won at Saint-Cloud 1m Grp 1 hvy in Oct beating Ancient Rome (8-13) by hd, 7 ran.
Flaming Rib (IRE) 13-8 (9-1) Made all, pushed along 2f out, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on gamely, won at Doncaster 6f lst stks (1) sft in Oct beating Deodar (9-1) by 1l, 7 ran.
Gubbass (IRE) 7-2 (9-1) Slowly away, always in rear, 7th of 9, 8 1/4l behind Wings Of War (9-1) at Newbury 6f Grp 2 stks (1) gd in Sep.
Lusail (IRE) 10-3 (9-3) Hung right and raced awkwardly throughout, tracked leading pair, pushed along and outpaced 3f out, ridden and beaten over 1f out, last of 4, 4 1/2l behind Bayside Boy (9-0) at Doncaster 7f Grp 2 stks (1) gs in Sep.
Perfect Power (IRE) 11-4fav (9-0) Towards rear, wide and headway entering final furlong, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Newmarket 6f Grp 1 stks (1) gf in Sep beating Castle Star (9-0) by 1/2l, 10 ran.
The Wizard Of Eye (IRE) 20-1 (8-9) 7th of 14, 11l behind Pinehurst (8-9) at Riyadh 1m Grp 3 gd in Feb.