soon led, ridden and headed 2f out, soon weakened
slowly into stride, in touch, effort over 2f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up, ridden halfway, kept on final furlong, never on terms
always prominent, led 2f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
chased leaders over 5f, soon faded
switched to stand side over 6f out, prominent, ridden over 2f out, soon weakend
switched to stand side over 6f out, held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders, every chance over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up, headway when not clear run over 2f out, soon chasing leaders, kept on
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened well over 1f out
held up, shaken up halfway, not clear run over 2f out, headway final furlong, never nearer
switched to stand side over 6f out, held up in touch, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ridden out
Henry Cecil's Invasian is less exposed than most of these and has to be respected following a respectable second at Beverley last time but preference is for Dubois, who gets the vote over the consistent Sew'n'so Character. The last mentioned deserves to get his head in front but may once again have to settle for a minor role, while the Barry Hills-trained Zonus showed something like his best form at Sandown last time and has claims on that evidence. Ian Semple's Appalachian Trail has a string of fine efforts in decent handicaps to his name and is another worthy of a mention along with Jeremy Noseda's lightly raced Diamond Lodge and Enford Princess, from the in-form stable of Richard Hannon. The vote though goes to Dubois. Admittedly, Godolphin's colt benefited from a fine ride by Frankie Dettori when scoring at Ascot last time but the son of Sadler's Wells won with something in hand that day and may be ahead of the handicapper.
