chased leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, kept on
held up towards rear, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance 2f out, one pace final furlong
keen, mid-division, ridden and headway and every chance from over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
prominent, ridden over 2f out, hung left from over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, held by winner near finish
held up, headway and hung left over 1f out, ridden, ran on to lead near finish
keen, held up, ridden and weakened 2f out
slowly into stride, held up in rear, headway 2f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
keen, raced along far side 7f, led, headed over 3f out, ridden to lead again over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
held up, ridden and headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong
chased leader, ridden to lead over 3f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakened
Nonrunner
Mosharref is taken to land the finale with High Command and Great Hawk the pair most likely to chase him home. The selection looks a potentially very smart colt and having finished second in the Wood Ditton on his debut he has built on that and was an impressive winner last time at Sandown when he beat South Cape. He looked like one to stay on the right side of that day and he gets the vote. High Command rates the main danger as he is another improving type and he won well last time at Yarmouth when beating Folio. If he gets the strong pace that he needs then he will be a danger to all. Great Hawk was an emphatic winner on the all-weather at Kempton last time when he beat one of today's rivals Acrobatic. He is not one to dismiss lightly but his overall form on the turf has been a bit disappointing and for that reason we will pass him over. Acrobatic may be a bit high in the weights now and for the winner we are happy to stick with Mosharref.
Acrobatic (USA) 4-5fav (9-13) Held up, headway under pressure over 1f out, stayed on final furlong, 2nd of 13, 4l behind Great Hawk (9-3) at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) pol.
High Command 4-1fav (9-5) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, ran on, won at Yarmouth 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) gf beating Folio (9-4) by 2 1/2l, 12 ran.
Layazaal (IRE) 11-1 (9-4) Held up mid-division, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 11, 13l behind Champions Gallery (9-4) at Beverley 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-105 (2) gs in Aug.
Priors Hill (IRE) 9-2 (9-1) Slowly into stride, held up, headway 3f out, chased winner and hung left 2f out, no impression inside final furlong, 3rd of 11, 2 1/2l behind Winged Cupid (9-1) at Newbury 1m 2yo stk (3) gf in Sept '05.
Rampallion 5-1fav (9-0) Held up, not clear run over 2f out, headway over 1f out, ran on to lead well inside final furlong, won at Newmarket 1m 2yo mdn (4) gs in Oct beating Sandglass (8-9) by 3/4l, 22 ran.
Red Somerset (USA) 16-1 (8-8) Mid-division, ridden along 3f out, never troubled leaders, 6th of 10, 6l behind Blue Ksar (8-6) at Newbury 1m 1f stk (3) gd.
Mosharref (IRE) 5-1 (8-12) Held up in rear, headway when switched to outside over 1f out, quickened to lead inside final furlong, soon clear, won at Sandown 1m 3yo hcp (3) gf beating South Cape (9-4) by 1 1/2l, 13 ran.
Doctor Dash 16-1 (8-8) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, one pace, 4th of 8, 6l behind Dark Islander (9-4) at Bath 1m 3yo hcp (2) frm.
Quince (IRE) 12-1 (9-4) Mid-division, effort over 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, 6th of 16, 1 1/2l behind Brief Goodbye (9-5) at Haydock 1m 3f hcp 0-85 (4) gd.
Barodine 11-2 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened 1f out, last of 6, 15l behind Imperial Star (9-5) at Windsor 1m 2f 3yo hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Great Hawk (USA) 20-1 (9-3) Tracked leader, led 3f out, well in command over 1f out, kept on strongly final furlong, won at Kempton 1m 2f hcp 0-90 (3) pol beating Acrobatic (9-13) by 4l, 13 ran.
