held up in touch, weakened well over 1f out
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, never on terms
track leader, effort over 2f out, soon weakened
prominent, effort over 1f out, weakened final furlong
track leader, driven to challenge over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra hand
held up, headway halfway, edged right and chased winner inside final furlong, ran well
The short list here contains Jeanmaire, College Scholar and Dream Scheme, with the selection being Jeanmaire. Jeanmaire has longsince left us with the impression that she is capable of winning a race of this nature, if not better. She will rarely get a better chance and, coming into this race on the back of a close-up eighth place in a course and distance Listed race, she ought to go well today. The upside to Dream Scheme's debut win is that she left a very good impression in winning, having shown a good turn of foot to do so. The downsides are that she did not beat a strong field and the time was slow. That said, she still rates as interesting among the juveniles running in this race. College Scholar ran well to be fifth in Redcar's Two-Year-Old Trophy last time and could go well, while Ebn Reem has shown enough to be considered but the others need to show improved form if they are to play a big part in this race, we feel. Once again, then, the selection is Jeanmaire.
Mujood 8-1 (8-13) Raced centre, made virtually all, clear over 1f out, easily, won at Brighton 6f hcp 0-85 (4) gs beating Polish Emperor (8-9) by 4l, 13 ran.
Goodwood March 8-1 (8-12) Held up in touch, headway to lead just inside final 2f, in command over 1f out, ran on well, won at Windsor 6f mdn stk (5) gs beating Milton's Keen (9-3) by 2l, 13 ran.
Jeanmaire (IRE) 22-1 (8-12) Chased leaders, ridden 2f out, soon one pace, 8th of 16, 4 1/2l behind Firenze (8-13) at Newmarket 6f lst fll stk (1) gs.
Madame Medusa (IRE) 80-1 (8-12) Prominent, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 9th of 16, 7l behind Firenze (8-13) at Newmarket 6f lst fll stk (1) gs.
College Scholar (GER) 25-1 (9-0) Chased leaders centre, led halfway, headed 2f out, no extra, 5th of 24, 4 1/2l behind Danum Dancer (8-3) at Redcar 6f 2yo lst stk (1) gd in Sept.
Ebn Reem 7-4fav (9-7) Led 1f, remained prominent, ridden to challenge approaching final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 8, 2 1/2l behind College Scholar (9-2) at Newmarket 6f 2yo hcp (4) sft in Aug.
Dream Scheme 3-1jt-fav (9-0) Chased leaders, headway on bit over 1f out, led inside final furlong, comfortably, won at Newmarket 6f 2yo mdn fll (4) gd in Sept beating Awwal Malika (9-0) by 3 1/2l, 10 ran.