raced keenly, held up in 4th, good headway centre over 3f out, went 2nd 3f out, every chance from 2f out, ridden over 1f out, found no extra towards finish, held on for 2nd
always in rear, never involved, tailed off
made all, pressed final 2f, ridden over 1f out, battled on gamely and found extra towards finish
raced in close 3rd, came near side rail in straight, ridden and unable to quicken 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, closed on 2nd, not quite pace to challenge
tracked winner, came near side in straight, pushed along and lost 2nd 3f out, weakened 2f out
NonRunner
A classy renewal of this Listed contest. The last two winners of the Cesarewitch - Buzz and Rajinsky – take their chance but TRUESHAN landed the odds in this last year, beating the subsequent Group 3 and Group 2 winner Quickthorn with something to spare, and is difficult to oppose in a repeat bid with the going in his favour. Urban Artist is hard to catch right and hasn’t won since 2020 but Mojo Star is respected on his second in last year’s Ascot Gold Cup when Tashkhan was fifth. Typewriter has a lot to find on these terms.
Trueshan (FR) 11-8fav (9-9) Tracked leaders, shaken up when bit short of room over 2f out, ridden and challenging when in clear over 1f out, made sustained challenge inside final furlong, kept on well to lead final 110yds, gamely, won at Ascot 2m Grp 2 (1) gs in Oct beating Coltrane (9-9) by hd, 8 ran.
Buzz (FR) Evensfav (11-0) Chased leader, smooth headway going easily 2 out, led before last, ran on well run in, comfortably, won at Ascot 2m 3f (1) gd in Nov beating Song For Someone (11-6) by 3 1/4l, 5 ran.
Rajinsky (IRE) (9-4) 9th of 12, 22 3/4l behind Iresine (9-4) at ParisLongchamp 1m 7f Grp 1 hvy in Oct.
Tashkhan (IRE) (9-2) 3rd of 12, 21 1/4l behind Kyprios (9-2) at ParisLongchamp 2m 4f Grp 1 sft in Oct.
Urban Artist 9-1 (9-7) Close up, pushed along over 3f out and weakened quickly, last of 8, 22 1/2l behind Mimikyu (8-11) at Doncaster 1m 7f Grp 2 fll stks (1) gs in Sep.
Mojo Star (IRE) 15-2 (9-3) Held up off the pace in last trio, headway out wide 2f out, ridden and went 2nd over 1f out, strong challenge inside final furlong, found no extra and held final 100 yards, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Kyprios (9-3) at Ascot 2m 4f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
Typewriter (IRE) 40-1 (8-12) In touch, dropped to rear 8f out, pushed along when ran out off room bend into straight, hit rail and rider lost whip, eased, last of 7, 29l behind El Habeeb (9-3) at Ascot 1m 6f lst stks (1) gd in Sep.