towards rear, pushed along 2f out, never a factor
towards rear, ridden 2f out, never a factor
slowly away, always in rear, ridden halfway, weakened over 2f out, tailed off
tracked leaders, pressed winner 2f out, ridden to lead narrowly over 1f out, headed towards finish
close up, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to go 3rd towards finish
tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed narrowly over 1f out, ridden and led again towards finish
soon led, ridden and headed over 2f out, soon weakened
in touch, headway to go close up 4f out, effort over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong and lost 3rd towards finish
NonRunner
The globe-trotting DEAUVILLE (NAP) looks the class act in this. He won the Huxley Stakes at Chester last spring and was later placed in the Tattersalls Gold Cup, Queen Anne Stakes and Arlington Million. What About Carlo has each-way claims as he showed himself to be better than a handicapper last year, winning a Listed race at Newbury in July – he holds Frankuus on Goodwood running in September. Robin Of Navan finished ahead of Forest Ranger when second in a Group 3 here in October but Euginio will need to take a further step forward to be competitive at this level. Master The World has been in good form on the all-weather but looks up against it here giving weight all round.
Master The World (IRE) 5-1 (9-5) Switched left start, held up in rear, ridden and headway entering final furlong, ran on, not reach winner, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Victory Bond (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (2) pol in Mar.
Battle Of Marathon (USA) 12-1 (9-5) Keen tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, 7th of 10, 7 1/4l behind Victory Bond (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f stks (2) pol in Mar.
Cap'n (IRE) 80-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, always towards rear, 10th of 11, 23 1/4l behind Mordin (9-9) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Apr.
Deauville (IRE) (9-0) 11th of 12, 8 3/4l behind Time Warp (9-0) at Sha Tin 1m 2f Grp 1 gd in Dec.
Euginio (IRE) 11-4 (9-4) Tracked leaders, outpaced over 3f out, stayed on to lead approaching furlong, held on well, won at Doncaster 1m 2f hcp (2) sft in Sep beating Another Eclipse (8-4) by nk, 4 ran.
Forest Ranger (IRE) 7-1 (8-13) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 10l behind Monarchs Glen (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Oct.
Frankuus (IRE) 9-2 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed over 1f, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 7, 13 1/4l behind Monarchs Glen (8-11) at Goodwood 1m 2f lst stks (1) sft in Sep.
Robin Of Navan (FR) (9-4) 3rd of 4, 1 1/2l behind Hunaina (8-8) at Chantilly 1m stks pol in Mar.
What About Carlo (FR) 8-1 (9-4) Oin touch on inner, pushed along and unable to quicken over 2f out, ridden and stayed on towards finish, 5th of 11, 4 1/4l behind Best Solution (8-12) at Newbury 1m 4f Grp 3 stks (1) sft in Oct.