held up, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, kept on onepaced
held up, ridden and effort over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong
held up in touch, progress over 4f out, every chance over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in touch, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, stayed on same pace
held up in touch, headway over 2f out, led inside, ran on
led, headed over 1f out, weakened
held up, ridden over 2f out, no impression
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened
in touch, ridden over 2f out, never on terms
held up in touch, led over 1f out, headed inside, no extra closing stages
In an extremely tricky race to fathom Cape Town could just provide the value, with both Carnival Dancer and Border Arrow the main dangers. Richard Hannon's colt has yet to fire this season, but has his favoured ground for the first time here and, with doubts about most of his more fancied rivals, might just be worth a small wager. Admittedly, he was soundly beaten from a poor draw in the Lincoln this season and then well behind at Ascot on his only other outing this year, but he was a Group 2 horse not so long ago and might just be worth one more chance in what looks a weak race. Border Arrow is probably not as good as he used to be but this eight-year-old will like these conditions and seems sure to give a good account, while Carnival Dancer would be a worthy favourite on his old form for Sir Michael Stoute but ran very poorly on his reappearance and is probably best watched for the time being. Endless Hall is a former Group 1 winner who could carry these home on his best form, but is hard to assess after such a long absence, a remark which also applies to Putra Sandhurst.