led after 1f, ridden and headed entering final 2f, weakened final furlong
pulled hard tracked leader, ridden to lead entering final 2f, headed inside final furlong, unable to quicken
close up, headway and every chance 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
held up, switched to outer over 1f out, headway entering final furlong, quickened to lead inside final furlong, edged right and soon eased
in touch, pushed along and headway over 1f out, no impression final furlong
pulled hard in rear, weakened and eased 2f out
led 1f, tracked leaders, not clear run over 1f out, effort inside final furlong, no impression towards finish
taken to post early, slowly away in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish
FRENCH NAVY (NAP) was beaten only a length in this last year on his reappearance. He went on to land a hat-trick including the Group 3 Diomed at Epsom and Charlie Appleby's charge is the one to beat. Grandeur won a Listed event last term and ran well when third in the Winter Derby last month ahead of Educate. But the Lincoln runner-up Mondialiste may prove a bigger threat given that was his first start since last May and the five-year-old is relatively lightly-raced. Glory Awaits finished a creditable second in the Doncaster Mile on his return but is still penalised for last year's victory in a Group 2 contest in Turkey while Arod may well improve this year and has a shout on his second in the Dante at York. Niceofyoutotellme looks up against it on today's terms.
Glory Awaits (IRE) 8-1 (9-7) Led, ridden over 1f out, kept on and headed towards finish, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Tullius (9-0) at Doncaster 1m Listed stks (1) gd in Mar.
Arod (IRE) 20-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, pushed along and effort 3f out, edged left and one pace over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 5th of 6, 9l behind Australia (8-12) at York 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gf in Aug.
Educate 20-1 (9-0) Led 1f, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 11, 6l behind Tryster (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f Group 3 (1) pol in Mar.
French Navy 2-1 (9-7) Held up in touch, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, edged left inside final furlong, ran on to lead towards finish, won at Newmarket 1m Listed stks (1) gd in Nov beating Fire Ship (9-1) by nk, 8 ran.
Grandeur (IRE) 9-2 (9-0) In touch, headway on outer approaching final furlong, ran on, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Tryster (9-0) at Lingfield 1m 2f Group 3 (1) pol in Mar.
Iman (GER) (0-0) last of 8, 16l behind Feuerblitz (9-8) at Hoppegarten(GER) 1m 2f Listed stks (1) gd in Apr '14.
Mondialiste (IRE) 25-1 (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 22, nk behind Gabrial (9-0) at Doncaster 1m hcp (4yo+) (2) gd in Mar.
Niceofyoutotellme 7-1 (9-2) Awkwardly away, held up in rear, outpaced 2f out, never dangerous, 10th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Battalion (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol in Nov.
