held up in 7th and 8th headway and switched to outside over 1f out, chased leader on farside and edged right inside final furlong, ran on, no chance with winner on stands side rail
held up in 6th, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
held up in 4th and off the pace, until closed to track leader halfway, taken to race alone on wide outside straight over all leader over 2f out, driven and stayed on strongly
held up in 5th, 4th and ridden straight, no chance final 2f
rushed up to harry pace maker for 2f, soon steadied, ridden straight weakened 2f out
held up in 8th and well off the pace, closed in centre from 2f out, led main group inside final 2f, edged right final furlong, ran on held by winner on stands side rail
led, 10 lengths clear after 2f, reduced lead over 4f out, headed over 2f out, soon weakned
rushed up to harry pacemaker for 2f, 3rd straight, led main group over 2f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
George Washington has the class to take a hand in the finish if at his best following his return from a belated and ultimately slightly disappointing reappearance after under performing with his stud duties; however, the ground is softer than ideal for the son of Danehill and it is hard to get away from Derby winner Authorized with the main danger looking to be Notnowcato. The last mentioned is a proven Group 1 performer and handles plenty of cut in teh ground as it was on the soft side when he landed the International at York last term. Sir Michael Stoute's five-year-old looks a bigger threat than Aidan O'Brien's runners away from George Washington, the pick of who look to be Archipenko and Admiralofthefleet. Both were well held by Authorized at Epsom though and having won the Racing Post Trophy on heavy ground, Peter Chapple-Hyam's colt should not be inconvenienced by the cut in the ground and he gets the confident vote.
George Washington (IRE) 10-11fav (9-0) Raced keenly, close up, ridden and outpaced 2f out, ran on strongly well inside final furlong, gaining close home, 4th of 8, nk behind Ramonti (9-0) at Ascot 1m Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
Kandidate (9-0) Tracked leaders, disputed lead over 2f out, lost 2nd and weakened 120yds out, 5th of 13, 4l behind Shadow Gate (9-0) at Kranji 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gs in May.
Notnowcato 13-2 (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden and effort over 2f out, soon no impression, 3rd of 6, 5l behind Manduro (9-0) at Ascot 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gd in Jun.
Admiralofthefleet (USA) 14-1 (9-0) In touch, 7th, ridden straight, weakened over 2f out, 10th of 17, 14l behind Authorized (9-0) at Epsom 1m 4f 3yo Grp 1 (1) gd in Jun.
Archipenko (USA) 13-2 (9-0) Always in rear, 16th struggling straight, tailed off, last of 17, well behind Authorized (9-0) at Epsom 1m 4f 3yo Grp 1 (1) gd in Jun.
Authorized (IRE) 5-4fav (9-0) Dwelt, held up, 9th straight, smooth headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, shaken up, quickened right away inside final furlong, impressive, won at Epsom 1m 4f 3yo Grp 1 (1) gd in Jun beating Eagle Mountain (9-0) by 5l, 17 ran.
Champery (USA) 14-1 (9-7) Chased leaders in 3rd, ridden over 2f out, weakened just inside final 2f, 8th of 14, 7l behind Zaham (9-2) at Ascot 1m 2f 3yo lst stk (1) gf in Jun.
Yellowstone (IRE) 8-1 (8-12) Mid-division, headway 2f out, no impression on leaders, 3rd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Boscobel (8-12) at Ascot 1m 4f 3yo Grp 2 (1) gd in Jun.
