in touch, outpaced over 2f out, headway over 1f out, never on terms
awkward start, chased leaders, under pressure halfway, soon outpaced, headway over 1f out, never nearer
tracked leaders, led over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened quickly
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt, held up towards rear, took closer order halfway, chased leaders 2f out, driven to lead approaching final furlong, stayed on well
prominent, led over 3f out, soon weakened
in touch, headway over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
mid-division, headway over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace
led until over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
Royal Challis has the best form in the book with a third at Salisbury and stablemate Tawtheeq has some catching up to do to match him. Jospeh O'Brien took an outside ride to win this last year so Prince Of Arabia is worth a second glance in the betting but Ralph Beckett has trained three of the last five winners of this contest and QUINTET may also be good enough. She's just preferred to the 160,000gns gelding Shamal, who is related to a host of winners, while Plover and Gregori are other newcomers to note.
Baltic Blade (IRE) 12-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway on inside over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, went 4th towards finish, 4th of 8, 5l behind Firmdecisions (9-5) at Goodwood 7f 3yo mdn aut (5) gd.
Bridge Builder Avonbridge colt out of Amazing Dream.
Gregori (IRE) Invincible Spirit colt out of Three Wrens.
Mawson 8-1 (9-3) Tracked leaders on inside, driven inside final 2f, kept on same pace, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 10, 7l behind Melvin The Grate (9-3) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn stks (5) pol in Nov.
Prince Of Arabia (IRE) Baltic King colt out of Umlaut.
Royal Challis 10-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, pushed along 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 2l behind Secondo (9-3) at Salisbury 6f mdn stks (5) gf.
Tawtheeq (IRE) 8-1 (9-0) Dwelt and went right start, raced wide held up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 13l behind Music Master (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 3yo mdn (4) gd in Apr.
Emerald Art (IRE) Excellent Art filly out of Greenvera.
Plover Oasis Dream filly out of Short Dance.
Quintet (IRE) Pivotal filly out of Possessed.
Rectory Lane 50-1 (8-4) Chased leading pair until over 3f out, outpaced final 2f, last of 4, 13l behind Rangi (8-9) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.
Shamal Exceed And Excel gelding out of Miss Meltemi.
