tracked leaders, led over 2f out, ridden and headed 1f out, rallied final 100 yards to lead again last strides
held up in touch, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on, not pace of leaders
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, unable to quicken over 1f out, soon beaten, one pace
held up in touch in last, headway over 2f out, led 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, headed last strides
held up in touch, pulled hard, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
Much has been made of the low-key form of the Saeed Bin Suroor yard but there have been signs of a revival recently and they have always been traditionally stronger in the second half of the season. YAA WAYL turns up here having not been seen since Meydan in the early part of the year but he's useful at his best and these are his optimum conditions. He can outclass this field, of which Retainer is of most interest. The unbeaten but lightly-raced sort made heavy weather of scoring at Leicester in early spring and should improve considerably but he's hard to assess on the available evidence and is unproven at this trip. Angel's Pursuit looks the Hannon second string while King of Dixie is struggling for form and Mia's Boy is likely to need this.
Yaa Wayl (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders until 400m out, soon beaten, 13th of 14, 10l behind Across The Rhine (8-11) at Meydan(UAE) 7f hcap gd in Feb.
Angel's Pursuit (IRE) 11-8fav (9-11) Went left start, in touch, went 2nd 2f out, ridden and with winner 1f out, driven and no extra near finish, 3rd of 5, 2 3/4l behind Iver Bridge Lad (9-1) at Kempton 6f stks (3yo+) (3) pol in Mar.
King of Dixie (USA) 33-1 (9-10) Mid-division in stands' side group, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 2f out, 23rd of 25, well behind Manassas (9-0) at Royal Ascot 7f hcp 105 (2) sft.
Mia's Boy 9-2fav (9-6) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, not reach leaders, 6th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Angel's Pursuit (9-11) at Kempton 7f hcp (2) pol in Dec.
Retainer (IRE) 4-9fav (9-7) Took keen hold, with leader, led narrowly over 4f out, ridden and looked in trouble 2f out, driven and ran on final furlong, asserted final strides, won at Leicester 6f con stks (3) gd in Mar beating Glas Burn (8-11) by 1l, 4 ran.
Simpulse 100-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, weakened over 3f out, 10th of 12, 27l behind Whiplash Willie (9-3) at Lingfield 1m 2yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Oct.
