led, hung right from 2f out to stand side rail, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra and lost two places close home
raced wide of main group 2f, close up, ridden and edged left over 1f out, stayed on to go 2nd towards finish
close up, ridden and edged right over 1f out, kept on to go 3rd near finish
keen tracked leader, hampered over 1f out, weakened final furlong
held up in touch, effort when short of room over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
Prestbury Park landed a double over 6f before placing over 7f at Newmarket a fortnight ago and can figure while Tathmeen won a novice event over track and trip during the summer but has been off the track since well beaten at York in August. New Empire ran well in soft ground at Goodwood earlier and Diamond Dougal scored over 6f in heavy going at Haydock last month but is 8lb higher. Mr TOP HAT will also handle today’s ground having won a conditions race at Salisbury when beating a horse rated 87. He gets the vote on that form.
Prestbury Park (USA) 4-1 (9-0) Keen, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, effort and switched right entering final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Rufus King (9-7) at Newmarket 7f (2) gd in Oct.
Mr Top Hat 15-2 (8-12) Raced along in centre, chased leaders, ridden to lead entering final furlong, just held on, won at Salisbury 6f stks (2) hvy in Oct beating Algam (9-2) by hd, 5 ran.
Tathmeen (IRE) 5-1jfav (8-9) Tracked leaders, driven and lost place inside final 2f, soon weakened, 15th of 17, 14 1/4l behind Demons Rock (9-2) at York 6f (2) gs in Aug.
New Empire 17-2 (9-7) Held up, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, kept on one pace, 3rd of 6, 7l behind Fighting Irish (9-4) at Yarmouth 6f (4) gs in Sep.
Diamond Dougal (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Mid-division, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 4th of 14, 7 1/4l behind Daddies Girl (9-7) at Nottingham 6f (3) gs in Oct.
Royal Household 5-2fav (9-5) Raced wide bumped after 100yds, keen and headway to lead over 5f out, came centre briefly over 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, weakened final furlong, 5th of 7, 5 1/4l behind Zoraya (9-7) at Goodwood 7f (4) sft in Oct.
Airshow 10-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders in 3rd place, led over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish, 3rd of 10, 2l behind Bath And Tennis (9-4) at Kempton 6f (5) pol in Oct.
Global Passion (FR) 14-1 (9-1) Held up in mid-division, driven over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 5 3/4l behind Encrypted (9-6) at Chelmsford City 5f (4) pol in Sep.
