held up rear, ridden and stayed on well final 2f
mid-division, headway 4f out, ridden and switched 2f out, ran on
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, every chance approaching 2f out, faded
slowly into stride, ridden and stayed on final 2f
held up towards rear on inside, switched left over 2f out, ridden and switched right over 1f out, back to inside rail, ran on, no chance with winner
mid to rear, ridden approaching 3f out, no impression
tracked leader, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out
in touch, ridden 5f out, weakened over 3f out
in touch, switched left over 3f out, shaken up and headway till edged right well over 1f out, led soon after, soon pushed clear, easy
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
A smashing race, in which most of the runners can be given a chance, but you'll get a good run for your money with course and distance winner Island House. Geoff Wragg's bonny horse comes here in good heart following a comfortable Goodwood win but they'll be queuing up to take him on. Among that list will be the French Group 3 runner-up last time, Naheef, Henry Cecil's well-touted Burning Sun, last year's Royal Ascot winner and Arlington Million fourth Ulundi, and Sir Michael Stoute's well-regarded Artistic Lad, who comes here on the back of a Leicester maiden win (in which Kalaman finished fourth) but holds an entry for the King George at Ascot later in the month. In a fascinating race, the others need to improve on their established rating, but that is by no means beyond possibility. The percentage call, however, is Island House.
