took keen hold, soon close up, weakened over 1f out
soon pushed along, towards rear, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace of front duo
disputed lead, hard ridden and ran on inside final furlong, won on the nod
took keen hold, disputed lead throughout, kept on well for hand riding throughout final furlong, just pipped
pulled hard early, soon chased leaders, pushed along halfway, weakened over 2f out
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
soon in touch, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, struggling after
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, pushed along and stayed on inside final furlong
always behind, driven and struggling 3f out
slowly into stride, always in rear
in touch until ridden 2f out and soon weakened
CRITICAL MOMENT has the best form of those to have raced and once again we will side with proven ability over potential; the most obvious newcomers to focus on are Colonel Carter, Beaumont's Party and Rasmy. A half-brother to Rattan, the selection was unfancied on his debut at Newmarket but turned in a smart performance to fill third spot behind Ameer. He is bred to get a mile and further in time but he looks ready to do the business over this trip at this stage of his career and he is expected to take a bit of beating. Lay Claim is an April foal who has more of a two-year-old pedigree than one tends to associate with the yard, Beaumont's Party's dam comes from a very good French family, whilst Rasmy is related to Hazy Dancer who was a winner on his debut so he needs a close check in the betting. Baoli, Take My Hand and Painswick are all open to improvement but have shaped as if they need more time, so of more interest may be another newcomer in Colonel Carter whose dam was a sprint winner at two and he is bred to be fairly precocious. The market will help guide to the chances of the newcomers from the stables not so renowned for providing debutant winners, and so it is Critical Moment that we return to for the winner.
Beaumont's Party (IRE) High Chaparral colt out of Miss Champagne.
Celtic Ransom Red Ransom colt out of Welsh Valley.
Colonel Carter (IRE) Danehill Dancer colt out of Pina Colada.
Critical Moment (USA) 18-1 (9-0) Held up, headway over 3f out, pushed along over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 13, 1 3/4l behind Ameer (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Aug.
Lay Claim (USA) Seeking The Gold colt out of Promptly.
Painswick (USA) 40-1 (9-0) Raced centre, tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 14, 12l behind Treble Jig (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Aug.
Rasmy Red Ransom colt out of Shadow Dancing.
Shamir Dubai Destination colt out of Lake Nyasa.
Vimiero (USA) Dynaformer colt out of Merrymaker.
Viviani (IRE) Galileo colt out of Bintalreef.
Baoli 7-1 (9-0) Soon pushed along, always towards rear, last of 12, 20l behind La Pantera (9-0) at Goodwood 6f 2yo fll mdn (5) gd in May.
Daryainur (IRE) Auction House filly out of Maylan.
Take My Hand 20-1 (8-12) Raced stands side, chased leaders, went modest 2nd that group approaching final furlong, no chance with far side, 6th of 12, 16l behind Huygens (9-3) at Folkestone 7f 2yo mdn aut (6) gf in Jun.
Optimistic Duke (IRE) Bachelor Duke colt out of Gronchi Rosa.
