led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
tracked leaders in 4th, pushed along and closer 3f out, ridden and went 2nd approaching final furlong, every chance final furlong, no extra towards finish
steadied start, held up last, pushed along 3f out, weakened over 2f out
tracked leading pair, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong
chased leader, led over 1f out, strongly pressed final furlong, found extra towards finish
Group 2 winner HEADMAN has had just the one outing so far this season in the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s at Ascot. But he’s clear of the rest on today’s terms and a repeat of last year’s third in the Irish Champion Stakes would make him hard to beat. Marie's Diamond is penalised for winning a Listed race over a mile here back in June though is preferred to stablemate Freyja but the veteran Air Pilot was still capable of landing a Listed event last term, though was well beaten in this subsequently. Be More may be a decent handicapper in soft ground but has plenty to find at the weights.
Marie's Diamond (IRE) 25-1 (9-3) Chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, no extra close home, 4th of 12, 3 1/2l behind Lady Wannabe (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 stks (1) sft in Oct.
Air Pilot 17-2 (9-2) Held up towards rear, headway 2f out, unable to go with leaders over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 8, 6 1/4l behind Anna Nerium (8-11) at Goodwood 1m 2f lst stks (1) gs in Sep.
Headman 9-1 (9-0) Pulled hard early, soon held up in rear, headway on wide outside over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 10l behind Lord North (9-0) at Ascot 1m 2f Grp 1 stks (1) gd in Jun.
Be More 5-1 (9-6) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Iconic Choice (9-6) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp fll (2) sft in Oct.
Freyja (IRE) 11-2 (9-7) Close up, led and grabbed stand side rail over 2f out, ridden and ran on, won at Newmarket 1m hcp fll (2) hvy in Oct beating Sun Bear (8-6) by 1 3/4l, 8 ran.