raced stands side, hampered after 1f, soon chased winner until 3f out, soon weakened and wandered from 2f out
made virtually all under stands side rail, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong
gradually taken to far side and chased leader, ridden to lead that pair over 2f out, kept on final furlong
switched to race stands side after 1f, close up, chased winner 3f out, soon ridden, no extra and lost 2nd inside final furlong
gradually taken to far side and led that pair, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
Dijeerr ran well in three starts in Dubai during the winter, lacks a run since returning to the UK but that should not be a problem for Godolphin's four-year-old and he gets the vote to gain a deserved success ahead of Drumfire and Fragrancy. The last mentioned ran better at Newbury last time when chasing home Lindelaan but she does need to improve again on that effort to trouble the selection. South African raider Trinity College lost no caste in defeat behind Welsh Emperor under testing conditions at Haydock last time, should not be inconvenienced by the faster ground here but is probably not as good as he once was and looks best watched. Scartozz would have claims on the pick of his form but disappointed last time and a bigger threat may come from Drumfire, who ran well when a close third behind Cesare at Ascot when last seen. Dijeerr has solid claims on the form shown in Dubai and gets the vote to make a winning return to the UK.
Charming Escort 66-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, in touch in last, outpaced 3f out, last of 5, 14l behind Rallying Cry (9-0) at Kempton 1m 2yo stk (2) pol in Sept '06.
Dijeerr (USA) 9-2 (9-4) Soon led, ridden clear over 2f out, ran on but headed final furlong, 2nd of 10, shd behind Wise Dennis (9-4) at Nad Al Sheba 1m lst stk (1) std in Feb.
Drumfire (IRE) 25-1 (9-0) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, every chance approaching final furlong, kept on under pressure, 3rd of 5, 1l behind Cesare (9-7) at Ascot 1m lst stk (1) gs in Apr.
Trinity College (USA) 7-2 (9-7) Tracked winner, ridden halfway, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 4, 8l behind Welsh Emperor (9-7) at Haydock 7f stk (3) hvy in Jul.
Fragrancy (IRE) 7-1 (10-0) Prominent, pressed leader after 2f, every chance from 2f out, disputed lead inside final furlong, headed inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 10, shd behind Lindelaan (9-7) at Newbury 1m fll hcp (2) gd in Jul.
Scartozz 6-1 (9-4) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakening when not much room over 1f out, last of 10, well behind Kingsdale Orion (8-3) at Newcastle 1m hcp 0-100 (2) gs in Jun.
