tracked leaders, headway to press leader from 3f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, ran on to lead close home
led, ridden and edged left from over 1f out, ran on, headed close home
tracked leader until ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
Mark Johnston won this with the useful King's Pavilion last year and will be hoping that Laureate can follow suit. She's only finished out of the frame once so far and was only beaten half-a-length over this trip at Nottingham last time. But MATHS PRIZE (NAP) looks the one to beat as The Queen's colt overcame a tardy start to confirm Sandown running with Naval Warfare at Ffos Las and should prove better than a mark of 84. Soft going was a legitimate excuse for Proud Archi at Ayr but he might find his two rivals too strong here.
Maths Prize 5-4fav (9-5) Slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, shaken up to challenge 1f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, ran on, readily, won at Ffos Las 7f mdn stks (4) gd in Jul beating Naval Warfare (9-5) by 1/2l, 7 ran.
Proud Archi (IRE) 6-4fav (9-6) Tracked leading pair, ridden to lead over 2f out until over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, lost 3rd final 50 yards, 4th of 6, 6 1/2l behind Temerity (8-11) at Ayr 7f stks (5) sft in Jul.
Laureate 8-1 (9-0) In touch on outside, effort over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on and every chance inside final furlong, just held, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Vanity Queen (9-0) at Nottingham 1m mdn fll stks (5) gf in Aug.