led, headed 3f out, faded inside final furlong
slowly away tracked leaders, joined leader and carried head awkwardly from 3f out, pushed along to lead inside final furlong, asserted towards finish
tracked leader, led 3f out and soon joined, ridden 2f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
slowly away close up in 4th, ridden 3f out, kept on inside final furlong, not trouble leaders
Memorial Day continued his good progress when dead-heating for first with Libran at York last month. A below-par Xinbama was well beaten in that York race and the Godolphin charge should make another bold bid. But FRACTAL may just edge this as he ran out of ground when producing a late burst at Haydock last time to finish a close-up third behind Penhill - his turn of foot should stand him in good stead if there is no pace in the race. Watersmeet has the past form to figure but has not been at his best of late.
Watersmeet 25-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, ridden over 4f out, weakened quickly 3f out, soon eased, tailed off, 18th of 19, dist behind Litigant (9-1) at York 1m 6f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Fractal 9-2 (9-5) Dwelt, keen in touch in rear, headway 2f out, soon ridden, driven inside final furlong, stayed on under pressure and gaining on first two close home, 3rd of 7, 1/2l behind Penhill (9-7) at Haydock 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Memorial Day (IRE) 7-1 (9-4) Tracked leaders, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead narrowly inside final 2f, kept on under pressure when joined inside final furlong, just held on, won at York 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Aug beating Libran (9-13), 17 ran.
Xinbama (IRE) 25-1 (9-8) Mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 15th of 17, 21 1/4l behind Libran (9-13) at York 1m 4f hcp (2) gs in Aug.
