held up in last trio, headway on outside over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up in 5th on far rail, headway tracking leaders over 2f out, ridden to lead final 150 yards, held on, all out
slowly into stride, held up in last pair and pushed along at times, brief effort on outside over 1f out, soon beaten
led 1f, tracked leader, led again 2f out, ridden and headed 150 yards out, no extra in 3rd towards finish
raced keenly, tracked leaders on outside, hung right and weakened inside final 2f
tracked leaders on far rail, switched left over 2f out, went 2nd inside final 2f, every chance inside final furlong, no extra in 4th towards finish
steadied start, held up in rear on far rail, headway tracking leaders when not clear run and switched left inside final furlong, went 2nd final 50 yards and closed quickly, unlucky
Breden and Beringer dead-heated for third in the Lincoln at Doncaster last month but the latter will be sharper for that and is expected to come out best of that pair today. Saeed bin Suroor trained the Lincoln winner so should have a good line on the chances of BEDOUIN’S STORY. Without a win in tougher handicaps than this at Meydan earlier in the year despite running well, he’s fancied to run a big race now back in this country. Exhort is capable at this level though drops back down in trip on her return along with Protected Guest so Sawwaah is preferred having scored over track and trip in September. Power of Darkness has been gelded and undergone wind surgery since landing a double at Salisbury last summer and makes more appeal than Thrave.
Breden (IRE) 40-1 (9-2) 3rd of 19, 3l behind Auxerre (9-3) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) gd in Mar.
Beringer 9-1 (8-13) 3rd of 19, 3l behind Auxerre (9-3) at Doncaster 1m hcp (2) gd in Mar.
Exhort 16-1 (9-0) 6th of 14, 3 1/4l behind Aquarium (9-4) at York 1m 2f hcp (2) sft in Oct.
Bedouin's Story 13-2 (8-11) 6th of 14, 4 3/4l behind On The Warpath (8-13) at Meydan 7f hcp gd in Feb.
Sawwaah 5-2fav (9-5) 3rd of 8, hd behind Little Jo (8-10) at Newmarket 1m hcp (3) sft in Nov.
Protected Guest 9-2 (9-7) 7th of 8, 15 1/4l behind Mr Reckless (9-5) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Thrave 14-1 (9-1) 5th of 7, 17 3/4l behind True Self (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 2f lst stks (1) sft in Nov.
Power of Darkness 3-1fav (8-6) won at Salisbury 1m hcp (2) gf in Jun beating Wahash (10-0) by ns, 9 ran.