chased leaders on far rail, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
keen early, held up in touch, some headway on outside over 2f out, weakened quickly inside final 2f
made all and led field far side, pushed clear final furlong, stayed on strongly, unchallenged
held up in rear, headway on outside 2f out, went modest 4th inside final furlong
awkward and led to post, raced without right front shoe, chased winner until over 2f out, weakened rapidly, tailed off and eased final 2f
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden and one pace over 1f out, no chance with winner
held up in last trio, headway on inside 2f out, switched left went 3rd inside final furlong, no chance with winner
A tricky contest with a mere 5lb between the top five while it would be folly to rule out Oloroso and the totally unexposed Rudy Lewis, although both will need to up their game based on efforts to date. Clara Peeters did disappoint somewhat last time off a career-high mark and the four runs of Quick make her hard to analyse. Fabulist is running consistently well for the Gosden team and Alfred Boucher now seeks a hat-trick and commands automatic respect. But SEZIM is the choice though after showing improved form and a sweet turn of foot to land the spoils at Chester and can progress further.
Clara Peeters 7-2fav (8-10) Tracked leaders, headway and effort 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on, no extra inside final furlong, 6th of 11, 3 1/4l behind Maid For Life (8-6) at Goodwood 1m hcp fll (3) gd in Jul.
Fabulist 6-4fav (8-13) Tracked winner, shaken up to challenge 2f out, soon ridden and one pace, kept on under pressure inside final furlong, always just held, 2nd of 5, 1/2l behind Breathtaking Look (9-12) at Newmarket 7f hcp fll (2) gd in Jul.
Alfred Boucher 11-8fav (9-3) Made all and set even pace, ridden over 1f out, stayed on gamely, won at Newmarket 1m hcp (4) gf in Jul beating James Park Woods (8-13) by 3/4l, 5 ran.
Sezim 3-1 (10-5) Slowly into stride, held up towards rear, headway on inside well over 1f out, chased leaders over 1f out, ran on to lead close home, won at Chester 1m hcp (4) gd in Jun beating Harvey Dent (10-6) by nk, 9 ran.
Quick 25-1 (8-10) Led 1f, tracked leader, ridden 3f out, soon lost place, 7th of 8, 25 1/2l behind Ummalnar (10-0) at Ascot 1m hcp fll (3) gf in Jul.
Oloroso (IRE) 11-4 (9-7) Keen led, ridden 2f out, edged left and headed inside final furlong, kept on one pace, 4th of 9, 2l behind Bring Us Paradise (8-11) at Sandown 7f hcp (5) gf in Jul.
Rudy Lewis (IRE) 12-1 (9-2) Always towards rear, 6th of 10, 9 1/4l behind Ghaziyah (9-4) at Chelmsford City 1m stks (4) pol in Jul.
