took keen hold early, tracked leaders, pushed along over 4f out, lost place over 3f out, well beaten over 2f out
last to break, towards rear, pushed along over 4f out, well beaten over 2f out
held up in rear, modest effort over 3f out, no impression, well beaten final 2f
held up in touch, headway to press leader 9f out, kept quite wide in back straight, lost 2nd over 5f out, ridden and one pace over 2f out, no impression on leaders, went 3rd inside final furlong
keen early, pressed leader until 9f out, went 2nd again over 5f out until over 2f out, one pace over 1f out, lost 3rd inside final furlong
mid-division, closed 5f out, went 2nd over 2f out, led just over 1f out, stayed on well
led, driven and headed just over 1f out, stayed on, held towards finish
FOREVER NOW was sixth in the St Leger on his final start of 2014. He'd won the Listed March Stakes at Goodwood on his previous outing and will likely be a short price for this with Richard Hughes doing the steering. Stablemate Deuce Again has been in good form on the all-weather but needs to step up again. Island Remede is interesting, however, as she chased home the useful Windshear on her reappearance over 1m4f at Doncaster - Windshear finished ahead of the selection in the Leger. Godolphin's Blue Rambler may be best of the rest as he's lightly-raced and won four times for Andre Fabre in 2013, though only managed one run last year for the boys in blue.
Blue Rambler 11-4 (9-10) Raced wide, tracked leaders, went 2nd 5f out, ridden to lead 2f out, soon edged right, weakened inside final furlong, 3rd of 6, 7l behind Rewaaya (9-0) at Leicester 1m 4f (2) sft in Oct.
Ile De Re (FR) 25-1 (9-11) Close up, pushed along over 2f out, soon weakened, 11th of 18, 16l behind Spectator (8-2) at Doncaster 1m 7f hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Kashgar 3-1 (9-6) Tracked leaders, went 2nd 2f out, ridden over 1f out, tried to challenge inside final furlong, stayed on, always being held, 2nd of 6, 1l behind Snowy Dawn (8-6) at Chester 2m hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Sep.
Forever Now 14-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders on outer, pushed along over 2f out, soon led, ridden over 1f out, soon headed, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 5l behind Kingston Hill (9-1) at Doncaster 1m 7f 3yo Grp 1 (1) gd in Sep.
Cinnilla (8-9) 8th of 11, 21l behind Crystal Diamond (8-9) at Saint-Cloud(FR) 1m 4f stks hvy in Nov.
Deuce Again 11-2 (9-7) Held up in 5th, headway over 5f out, led 2f out, clear 1f out, easily, won at Chelmsford City 1m 6f hcap (4) pol in Feb beating Stonecutter (9-5) by 3 1/2l, 7 ran.
Island Remede 8-1 (8-7) Tracked leaders, headway over 3f out, soon challenged, led inside final 2f, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, held near finish, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Windshear (8-12) at Doncaster 1m 4f stks (2) gs in Mar.
