led, hard ridden over 1f out, headed and weakened inside final furlong
chased leaders, 2nd 5f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, outpaced last 100 yards
chased leaders, every chance inside final furlong, soon ridden, outpaced last 100 yards
held up, pushed along over 2f out, never involved
slowly away, in rear, moved poorly throughout, well behind final 3f
tracked leader 2f, tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, headway to lead inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner close home
difficult loading in stalls, held up in mid-division, headway 4f out, pushed along 3f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, stayed on well to lead close home
slowly into stride and went right start, mid-division, pushed along halfway, ridden and weakened well over 2f out
Tawdeea, Flying Hammer and Suddyan are newcomers to keep an eye on with the latter making most appeal. But CROWN COMMAND has the form in the book having finished a close-up second at Haydock on his debut. Bill Muir's colt is preferred to Crack Shot, who should also go well on the evidence of his improved effort at Doncaster in August. Stars And Stripes came in for some support on his recent debut and better is expected here with that run under his belt.
Crack Shot (IRE) 20-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 2f out, no impression final furlong, 2nd of 9, 2 1/4l behind Gregoria (8-13) at Doncaster 7f 2yo mdn aut (4) gf in Aug.
Crown Command (IRE) 11-2 (9-5) Tracked leading trio, 2nd going well over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, ridden to lead 100 yards out, headed and no extra close home, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Terhaal (9-5) at Haydock 7f 2yo mdn (5) sft.
Flying Hammer Acclamation colt out of Ruse.
Giovanni Di Bicci 16-1 (9-5) Held up, ridden over 2f out, some headway final furlong, never dangerous, 7th of 9, 12l behind Spanish Squeeze (9-5) at Kempton 1m 2yo mdn stks (4) pol.
Royal Normandy Royal Applause colt out of Border Minstral.
Stars And Stripes 7-2 (9-5) Chased leader 1f, chased leaders, pushed along approaching halfway, ran green hung left and weakened 2f out, 6th of 7, 16l behind Not So Sleepy (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2yo mdn (5) sft.
Suddyan (IRE) Holy Roman Emperor colt out of Raydaniya.
Tawdeea Intikhab colt out of Sharedah.
Zingiber Manduro gelding out of Titoli Di Coda.