led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
close up in rear, pushed along 4f out, outpaced 3f out, tailed off
tracked leader, ridden and every chance over 1f out, stayed on to lead towards finish
tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on one pace
close up, ridden 2f out, stayed on one pace
dwelt, close up in rear, headway over 3f out, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish
Rated 98 having won here last autumn and finishing runner-up in the Listed Pretty Polly on her reappearance, SUMO SAM may well prove a cut above these. She’s in the Ribblesdale at Ascot along with several of today’s opposition including Strong Impact, who was beaten by subsequent Musidora third Infinite Cosmos over 1m2f here and could prove the biggest threat. Climate Friendly came up short in Listed company last time while both Barrier and Divya return to action with improvement to find.
Sumo Sam 15-2 (9-2) Close up, led 4f out, ridden and headed over 2f out, ran on well inside final furlong, no match for impressive winner, 2nd of 9, 4 1/2l behind Running Lion (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 2f lst fll stks (1) sft in May.
Barrier (FR) 12-1 (9-2) Slowly into stride, held up in last trio, headway and hung right over 1f out, 4th and no impression final furlong, 4th of 7, 5 1/2l behind Alseyoob (9-8) at Ascot 1m fll stks (4) gd in Sep.
Climate Friendly 66-1 (9-2) Outpaced early, behind and pushed along well before halfway, ridden 2f out, very modest headway inside final furlong, 7th of 9, 6 1/2l behind Eternal Hope (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 4f lst fll stks (1) pol in May.
Divya (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) In touch, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 9, 3l behind Cannon Rock (9-7) at Newmarket 1m 2f mdn stks (3) gd in Oct.
Marmara Sea 33-1 (9-2) Front rank, ridden along over 3f out, weakened gradually from over 2f out, 13th of 16, dist behind Gather Ye Rosebuds (9-2) at Newbury 1m 2f mdn fll stks (4) sft in Apr.
Strong Impact (IRE) 13-2 (9-2) Dwelt, close up, pushed along and headway 2f out, ridden switched right inside final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd final strides, 2nd of 8, 4 1/4l behind Infinite Cosmos (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 2f mdn fll stks (3) gd in May.