tracked leader, under pressure over 4f out, soon weakened
led, keen, headed 3f out, soon weakened
tracked leader, ridden to challenge 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, soon chasing leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, strongly challenged throughout final furlong, held on gamely
held up mid-division, weakened over 3f out, eased over 1f out
behind, headway over 4f out, led 3f out, hung left when headed over 1f out, rallied and every chance inside final furlong, just failed
in touch, lost place over 4f out, rallied over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on well closing stages, never able to challenge
A competitive finale in which former Cesarewitch winner Grumeti and the revitalised Rolling Maul line up with obvious claims. There should also be more to come from Look My Way over this trip but preference is for proven stayer/soft ground performer SLUNOVRAT who should be spot on fitness-wise after highly encouraging second-place effort on his belated reappearance at Sandown recently.
Wind Place And Sho 22-1 (11-5) Led, headed before 4 out, every chance 3 out, weakened before 2 out, 7th of 14, 32 3/4l behind Brio Conti (11-5) at Doncaster 2m 3f mdn (5) gd in Jan.
Mark Hopkins 8-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, soon recovered to go handy, led 14f out, hung right 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 8, 8l behind Uae King (8-4) at Ascot 2m hcp (2) gs in Jul.
Slunovrat (FR) 5-2jfav (9-7) Raced keenly, tracked leader 6f, tracked leading pair, 2nd again inside final 3f, ridden and every chance approaching final furlong, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 6, 1l behind West Drive (9-6) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (4) gs in Jul.
Grumeti 4-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, soon edged right, 3rd and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 4l behind Corpus Chorister (9-11) at Beverley 2m hcp (4) gf in Jul.
Rolling Maul (IRE) 11-10fav (9-4) Held up in last, closed 4f out, challenged over 2f out, led over 1f out, clear inside final furlong, stayed on strongly, won at Ffos Las 2m hcp (4) hvy in Aug beating St Mary's (9-12) by 4l, 4 ran.
Lanceur (FR) 7-1 (8-13) Held up in rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, no impression, 5th of 8, 6l behind Clowance One (8-13) at Kempton 2m hcp (3) pol in Jul.
Addicted To You (IRE) 15-8fav (8-12) Tracked leader, pushed along over 6f out, lost place 4f out, soon behind and heavily eased, pulled up 2f out, at Ayr 1m 7f hcp (4) gs in Jul.
Look My Way 9-2 (8-11) Tracked leaders on outside, pushed along over 4f out, stayed on same pace final 2f, went 2nd last strides, no chance with winner, 2nd of 6, 8l behind Hochfeld (9-4) at Chester 1m 6f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Percy Veer 14-1 (8-11) Tracked leader, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 7th of 11, 6 1/4l behind Haines (9-6) at Wolverhampton 2m 1f hcp (2) pol in Feb.