held up in last pair, steady headway over 3f out, ridden and no impression in 4th when hung left inside final furlong, lost 4th close home
tracked leader who switched to race in centre 9f out, led main group, ridden to lead overall over 2f out, clear over 1f out, reduced lead towards finish, held on
led, taken to race solo in centre 9f out, kept advantage until ridden and headed over 2f out, chased winner and kept on towards finish, always held
tracked leaders in 5th in main group, ridden and weakened 2f out, eased
took keen hold, tracked leaders in 4th, tracked winner 9f out until over 3f out, soon weakened, behind and eased over 2f out
held up last, plugged on into modest 4th close home
held up last, never on terms dwelt, soon 3rd in main group, 2nd in group over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on towards finish
FRONTIERSMAN is not straightforward but has a terrific record over this course and distance having won a couple of decent handicaps and finished second to Hawksbill in a Group 2 in July. He was also second in the Coronation Cup at Epsom in June and that form puts him well ahead of today’s rivals. Best Of Days won the Royal Lodge here last year but his three-year-old campaign has been disappointing. Godolphin’s third runner, Red Galileo, makes more appeal as he’s twice been placed in this race and has run well this year since returning from a successful winter campaign in Dubai. Uele River won in the grade at Saint Cloud earlier this month but has picked up a penalty and faces stronger opposition today. Red Verdon is only a handicapper while Connecticut will likely need this after a 754-day absence.
Connecticut (9-6) won at Veliefendi 1m 4f Grp 2 (1) gd in Sep beating Maftool (8-10) by 1/2l, 9 ran.
Frontiersman (9-3) 6th of 7, 3 1/2l behind Tiberian (9-6) at Deauville 1m 4f Grp 2 gd in Aug.
Red Galileo 7-1 (9-8) Tracked leaders, driven to challenge 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on and every chance final furlong, just held, 2nd of 14, 1/2l behind Fidaawy (9-4) at York 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Red Verdon (USA) 5-1 (9-2) Led, headed over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, held towards finish, 2nd of 4, 1l behind Mount Logan (9-2) at Doncaster 1m 2f stks (2) sft in Sep.
Uele River (8-10) won at Saint-Cloud 1m 2f lst stks gd in Sep beating Kourkan (9-4) by hd, 8 ran.
Colonial Classic (FR) 12-1 (9-0) Tracked leader, pushed along 3f out, soon lost place, last of 8, dist behind Abingdon (9-0) at Pontefract 1m 4f lst fll stks (1) gf in Jun.
Best Of Days 6-1 (8-8) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, some late headway, never on terms, 4th of 6, 5 1/2l behind Fabricate (9-1) at Windsor 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gf in Aug.
