led, headed over 1f out, hung left under pressure, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, outpaced 2f out, kept on under pressure final furlong, not pace to challenge
slowly into stride, pulled hard in rear, struggling 2f out, tailed off final furlong
held up in touch, headway to lead over 1f out, soon quickened clear, readily
slowly into stride, soon in touch, headway 2f out, every chance over well over 1f out, hard ridden and no extra final furlong
tracked leader, hard driven and every chance over 1f out, not quicken inside final furlong
held up in touch, headway halfway, every chance over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not pace of winner
Not a race to be confident about with little form to go on and the market should provide a guide to the outcome. Bijoux is the most experienced but having shown promise when runner-up at Ascot was disappointing last time in a Deauville Group 3 while Alter Ego needs to improve on a narrow Folkestone debut victory. Sir Michael Stoute's newcomers Misaayef and Rainbow City make plenty of appeal on breeding but neither hold big race entries so the TEAMtalk vote goes to Opera Glass. Ian Balding's charge has shown plenty of ability on both starts to date and can be expected to improve further so should be thereabouts in a difficult race for punters.