led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong
keen tracked leaders, switched left 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
close up, pushed along over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
in rear, pushed along and headway on outer over 1f out, switched left entering final furlong, ran on strongly to lead final strides
pressed leader, ridden to lead briefly over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
towards rear, pushed along over 2f out, never a factor
in touch, headway over 1f out, switched right and slightly hampered inside final furlong, soon every chance, ran on
BRANDO (NAP) goes for the hat-trick in this and may take some stopping. He clearly comes to hand early and other notable performances last season included seconds in both the July Cup and the Sprint Cup at Haydock, both Group 1 contests. Gifted Master had a run in Dubai last month and wasn’t disgraced so could reward each-way support. Equilateral finished third at Doncaster but still gives the impression he is best over 5f. Yafta ran well in handicaps here last May and later won a Group 3 at Newbury while Dreamfield won first-time out at Ascot last year but was behind the selection in the July Cup.
Brando 13-2 (9-2) 4th of 14, 2 3/4l behind Sands Of Mali (9-1) at Ascot 6f Grp 1 stks (1) sft in Oct.
Dreamfield 11-10fav (9-1) last of 7, 11 1/4l behind Limato (9-1) at Newmarket 6f lst stks (1) gf in Aug.
Equilateral 11-4fav (9-8) 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Invincible Army (9-8) at Doncaster 6f lst stks (1) gd in Mar.
Gifted Master (IRE) 12-1 (9-0) 6th of 11, 9 1/4l behind Blue Point (9-0) at Meydan 6f Grp 3 stks gd in Mar.
Keystroke 10-1 (9-3) last of 8, 8 3/4l behind Above The Rest (9-3) at Wolverhampton 7f lst stks (1) pol in Mar.
Sir Thomas Gresham (IRE) 3-1fav (9-7) 5th of 9, 2 3/4l behind Merhoob (9-1) at Wolverhampton 6f hcp (2) pol in Feb.
Time's Arrow (IRE) (9-2) 7th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Tornibush (9-2) at Longchamp 7f Grp 3 stks gs in Sep.
Yafta 6-1 (9-1) 7th of 8, 7 1/4l behind Sir Dancealot (9-9) at Newbury 7f Grp 2 stks (1) gd in Aug.