keen early, tracked leader, ridden to lead 1f out, ran on
in touch in rear, headway on outer over 2f out, effort and edged right inside final furlong, stayed on one pace
in touch in rear, pushed along over 2f out, lost action in dip over 1f out, soon eased
led, headed over 6f out, tracked leaders, ridden and kept on same pace
keen tracked leader until led over 6f out, set steady pace, ridden 2f out, headed 1f out, kept on one pace
steadied start, keen tracked leaders 7f out, outpaced over 1f out, ridden and ran on towards finish
close up on outer, ridden 2f out, no impression
Timepiece, winner of the Falmouth Stakes here last year, comes out best on official ratings but soft ground can be a great leveller and, while Sir Henry Cecil's mare has won on good to soft, she's never encountered conditions this testing before. IZZI TOP has, running out a brave winner at Saint-Cloud in October, and last year's Oaks third, who goes well fresh, can concede weight all round on her return to action. Captivator beat Law Of The Range on her reappearance in a Listed race on the Polytrack but has more on her plate here, while Khawlah hasn't been seen since notching a double on Tapeta at Meydan early last year though has won over a mile here on turf. Primevere is also useful but may just need the run today.
Izzi Top (8-7) won at Saint-Cloud(FR) 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) sft in Oct beating Albaraah (8-7) by hd, 14 ran.
Captivator 7-1 (8-12) In touch, headway over 2f out, driven to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furong, just held on, won at Kempton 1m fll lst stks (1) pol in Apr beating Law Of The Range (8-12) by shd, 11 ran.
Khawlah (IRE) 4-1fav (8-3) Held up in midfield, smooth progress on wide outside over 2f out, ran on final furlong, led close home, won at Meydan(UAE) 1m 1f 3yo Grp 2 (1) in Mar '11 beating Master Of Hounds (8-8) by ns, 14 ran.
Law Of The Range 7-4fav (8-12) Led 1f, led again over 2f out, strongly challenged over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied close home, just failed, 2nd of 11, shd behind Captivator (8-12) at Kempton 1m fll lst stks (1) pol in Apr.
Primevere (IRE) 11-2 (8-12) Tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, no impression from well over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 15, 14l behind Bible Belt (8-12) at Curragh 1m 1f flls Group 3 stks (1) gd in Aug.
Sos Brillante (CHI) 200-1 (8-11) In rear, ridden over 3f out, plugged on to go moderate 4th, 4th of 6, 39l behind Colombian (9-0) at Sandown 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) hvy in Apr.
Timepiece 6-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, ridden 2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 8, 6l behind Sahpresa (9-3) at Newmarket 1m flls Grp 1 (1) gf in Sep.