held up towards rear, headway over 5f out, led inside final furlong, held on towards finish
tracked leaders and keen, lost place over 6f out, ridden over 4f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on to take 2nd towards finish
tracked leader, led 2f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, soon weakened
tracked leaders in 3rd, reminders before 5f out, weakened before 3f out
led, headed 2f out, soon ridden and weakened
held up in rear, headway over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
Chauvelin's only success has come on Polytrack and he's untested on ground this fast on Turf. He attempted to make all at Lingfield last time but had been headed when impeded at the furlong pole. FELIX FABULLA, who eventually finished second in that event, has a victory on firm ground to his credit and can confirm the form and take this. Perfect Legend's three Polytrack runs last term tell us little but he has more scope than most and it's possible a visor and longer trip could help Dark Diamond show some improvement.
Felix Fabulla 6-1 (9-5) Took keen hold tracking leader, pushed along 3f out, led and hung left approaching final furlong and soon sent for home, headed and no extra close home, 2nd of 6, nk behind Injun Sands (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in May.
Sea Vision (IRE) 66-1 (9-6) Tracked leader, challenged 4f out, led over 3f out, headed 2f out, soon weakened, 10th of 12, 30l behind Wordiness (8-10) at Newbury 2m hcp 0-80 (4) gf in Apr.
Chauvelin 5-4fav (9-6) Led, steadied tempo after 5f, headed approaching final furlong, soon hampered and snatched up, no chance after, 4th of 6, 5l behind Injun Sands (9-4) at Lingfield 1m 4f hacp 0-70 (5) pol in May.
Dark Diamond (IRE) 16-1 (9-4) In touch in rear, ridden 4f out, some late headway, 5th of 7, 6l behind Jacobs Son (9-7) at Leicester 1m 2f hcp 0-70 (5) gf in May.
Green Du Ciel (FR) 50-1 (10-9) Prominent, led 8f out, headed 5f out, remained prominent, kept on same pace final furlong, 5th of 9, 12l behind Crouching Harry (10-2) at Lingfield 2m am hcp 0-60 (6) pol in Dec.
Perfect Legend 100-1 (9-5) Always towards rear and never on terms, 8th of 10, 20l behind Tabjeel (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn stks (5) pol in Sep.
Bondi Mist (IRE) 33-1 (8-2) Steadied start, held up in last pair, headway 10f out, soon chasing leaders, challenged 4f out, chased leading pair and every chance 3f out, weakened well over 1f out, 6th of 11, 14l behind Jezza (8-11) at Newbury 2m app hcp (5) sft in Oct.