held up, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, headed towards finish
tracked leader, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, rallied close home
held up towards rear, ridden 2f out, not trouble leaders
in touch, headway when switched left over 1f out, pressing leaders when short of room and snatched up inside final furlong, not recover
held up in rear, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, led towards finish, readily
close up, ridden and weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
close up, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, faded final furlong
DARK EMERALD (NAP) has had to give plenty of weight to a couple of three-year-olds in Kodi Bear and Richard Pankhurst on his last couple of starts. He's up against lesser opposition in this and should have the measure of the likes of Hathal, Lexington Times and Montalcino. The former pair have been beaten in a handicaps of late but the latter has been thereabouts in Group 3 company and should be in the mix. Ascription is another likely to go well dropping down in class after finishing well behind Toormore in the Lennox Stakes and Jallota is not out of this given he finished second in last year's renewal.
Ascription (IRE) 11-2 (9-3) Held up in 5th, ridden and hanging right over 2f out, effort when not much room over 1f out, switched right inside final furlong, kept on same pace, 5th of 7, 1 3/4l behind Toormore (9-3) at Goodwood 7f Grp 2 stks (1) gs in Jul.
Dark Emerald (IRE) 4-1fav (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 6, shd behind Richard Pankhurst (8-8) at Haydock 7f stks (3) gs in Sep.
Gabriel's Lad (IRE) 9-1fav (9-5) Mid-division, ridden 2f out, weakened soon after, 15th of 16, 8 1/2l behind Majestic Moon (8-10) at Ascot 7f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Jallota 16-1 (9-10) Mid-division, not clear run over 2f out, switched left and headway on outside under pressure over 1f out, went 2nd inside final furlong, no impression on winner, 2nd of 19, 1 1/2l behind Rene Mathis (9-8) at Goodwood 7f hcp (2) sft in Aug.
Hathal (USA) 12-1 (9-7) Behind, outpaced 3f out, ridden 2f out, headway towards stands side over 1f out, ran on to take 2nd inside final furlong, never reached winner, 2nd of 19, 2 1/4l behind My Dream Boat (9-0) at York 1m hcp (2) gs in Aug.
Lexington Times (IRE) 50-1 (9-7) Raced stand side always towards rear, 26th of 28, 31 3/4l behind War Envoy (9-6) at Ascot 1m hcp stks (2) gf in Jun.
Cape Factor (IRE) 25-1 (8-11) Tracked winner until 4f out, soon ridden, weakened over 2f out, last of 5, 16 1/4l behind So Beloved (9-0) at Goodwood 7f Grp 3 stks (1) sft in Aug.
Marsh Hawk 50-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded final furlong, 9th of 20, 4 1/4l behind Realtra (8-12) at Doncaster 7f Grp 3 fll stks (1) gd in Sep.
Montalcino (IRE) 8-1 (8-9) Slowly into stride, last pair, headway on outside 2f out, chased leaders under pressure over 1f out, stayed on, 4th of 13, 1l behind Nakuti (9-1) at Sandown 1m Grp 3 fll stks (1) gd in Aug.
