held up last, ridden and outpaced over 2f out, headway on outer and hung left over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to lead towards finish, driven out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, slightly outpaced soon afterwards, kept on same pace final furlong
tracked leader, ridden over 3f out, outpaced 2f out, stayed on again inside final furlong
held up 4th, headway to lead 2f out, hard ridden final furlong, no extra under pressure, headed towards finish
soon led, set steady pace, quickened over 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, stayed on well under pressure final furlong
Propinquity gets a narrow vote here ahead of Sun Kissed and Golden Fury. The selection looked promising when winning here over seven furlongs on his debut and has confirmed that view in two subsequent runs, including when beaten two lengths into third behind Windsor Knot in a Group 3 contest at Sandown. That rates as solid form, the extra furlong will not hurt and he looks set to go well. Sun Kissed did well to win what turned out to be a bit of a sprint at Newmarket on his debut given that he is bred to be suited by 10 furlongs or more next year. We will learn more about him today, and the form of Golden Fury's third to Windsor Knot at Newmarket on his last run looks even better now given what we mentioned earlier, and he also receives seven pounds from the field. Liakora won here on his debut but then disappointed at Newmarket and is now fitted with cheekpieces and a word or two should be reserved for Solent because, before finishing ninth behind Shamardal at Goodwood, he had beaten Daniel Thomas - a horse that Sun Kissed beat by a neck on his debut - by a length and a quarter at Newmarket. As we say, it's an interesting affair and one that can go to Propinquity.
