tracked winner, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong
in touch in rear, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and ran on towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, edged left and kept on inside final furlong
raced wide prominent until outpaced 3f out
made all, ridden 2f out, stayed on
A winner over hurdles, Day Of Destiny has only raced twice on the Flat and has his first outing for a new yard here. Focail Eile and Spread Boy have no chance at the weights so this looks between St Moritz and COLONIAL. Neither arrive in top form with the former looking particularly out of sorts after three poor runs in September. The latter never figured in Listed company last time but that was his first outing since Meydan in February and Saeed Bin Suroor's charge gets the tentative vote.
Colonial (IRE) 16-1 (9-0) Mid-division, ridden inside final 2f, never able to challenge, weakened final furlong, 8th of 9, 11l behind Eton Forever (9-0) at Redcar 7f Listed stks 3yo (1) sft in Oct.
Day of Destiny (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) Mid-division, closer in 5th 4f out, no impression under pressure and kept on same pace from 2f out, 8th of 20, 21l behind Fosters Cross (9-2) at Navan 2m mdn stks in Oct '10.
Focail Eile 4-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 3f out, ridden 2f out, kept on same pace, 4th of 8, 12l behind Ever Fortune (9-4) at Yarmouth 1m hcp 0-70 (5) hvy in Oct.
Spread Boy (IRE) 5-1 (10-8) Towards rear, ridden over 1f out, never dangerous, 8th of 13, 6l behind Ivestar (10-10) at Catterick 5f am hcp 0-55 (6) sft in Oct.
St Moritz (IRE) 9-1 (9-0) Held up in rear, headway over 3f out, chased winner over 2f out until one pace from over 1f out, 3rd of 5, 11l behind Opera Gal (8-13) at Ayr 1m 2f Listed stks 3yo (1) hvy in Sep.