slowly into stride and went badly left start, behind in centre, switched right to near side rail over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, edged left and no extra inside final furlong
raced towards near side, chased leaders, hung left and weakened final 2f
led centre group and 3rd overall as groups merged halfway, went 2nd over 2f out, every chance inside final 2f, ridden and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, well held
raced towards rear near side, 3rd in group, 4th as groups merged halfway, led 2f out, came clear over 1f out, ran on strongly
raced towards near side, led and soon clear, reduced lead 3f out, headed 2f out, weakened quickly
tracked leader towards near side, pushed along and lost 2nd over 2f out, weakened quickly
raced in centre group tracking group leader, 5th overall as groups merged halfway, headway chasing leaders 2f out, ridden and stayed on same pace in 3rd final furlong
raced towards near side, held up and behind, never involved
raced centre, held up, towards rear, headway far side of group inside final 2f, weakened final furlong
raced in centre group, off the pace in last pair, never a factor
Greatest Time finished ahead of Escarpment when runner-up at Newmarket in September and is also preferred to stablemate Yesisaidyes. Elraaed is a likely improver on his reappearance but a couple have more recent form including Lingfield fourth Sugar Hill and CRACKSKING. The latter was beaten less than a length when third at Kempton on his debut and James Fanshawe’s Frankel colt makes most appeal. The Jackler is a half-brother to a French 1000 Guineas winner while Golspie is a brother to a winner in France and To Catch A Thief is another newcomer to note.
Ascari 22-1 (9-4) Chased leader until over 2f out, chased leaders, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 13, 8 1/4l behind Cicero's Gift (9-4) at Newbury 1m stks (4) sft in Oct.
Eagle Eyed Tom 6-1 (9-7) Raced wide, close up, pushed along 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 10, 9 3/4l behind Girl Racer (9-2) at Wolverhampton 7f stks (4) pol in Mar.
Escarpment (IRE) 11-1 (9-4) Chased leaders far side of group, pushed along and edged right over 2f out, ridden and one pace in 4th inside final furlong, 4th of 8, 5 3/4l behind Caragio (9-4) at Leicester 7f stks (4) gf in Oct.
Golspie (IRE) Ribchester colt out of Surrey Storm.
Greatest Time (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Close up, pushed along and every chance over 1f out, stayed on, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Kolsai (9-2) at Newmarket 7f mdn stks (4) gd in Sep.
Salamancan (FR) (9-2) last of 7, 27 1/2l behind Guet Apens (9-2) at Saint-Cloud 1m 2f mdn stks hvy in Nov.
Sugar Hill (IRE) 5-1 (9-1) Held up in mid-division, headway into 4th over 1f out, kept on, nearest finish, 4th of 9, 3 1/4l behind Sceptic (9-1) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (3) pol in Mar.
The Jackler (IRE) Zoustar gelding out of Zotilla.
To Catch A Thief Cracksman colt out of Westwiththenight.
Yesisaidyes (IRE) 12-1 (9-7) Slowly away, in rear, pushed along over 2f out, never near leaders, 5th of 7, 23 1/4l behind Knockbrex (9-7) at Pontefract 1m 2f mdn stks (4) sft in Apr.
Cracksking 10-3 (9-1) Held up in mid-division, headway over 3f out, went 3rd over 2f out, stayed on well inside final furlong, just held, 3rd of 9, nk behind Lose Your Wad (9-1) at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Elraaed 5-2 (9-7) In touch on inside, took keen hold, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, stayed on one pace final 2f, 5th of 11, 6 1/4l behind Lord Bertie (9-7) at Ffos Las 7f mdn stks (4) gs in Aug.
