chased leaders, headway 3f out, pushed along and led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace and lost 3rd near finish
held up in rear, pushed along over 1f out, never in contention
prominent, pushed along well over 2f out, soon weakened
towards rear, in touch, effort and headway on outside 3f out, pushed along and led over 1f out, ran on, strongly challenged inside last, headed towards finish
handy in 3rd, waiting for gap over 2f out, pushed along and switched left well over 1f out, ridden and headway 1f out, stayed on well to press leader inside last, led closing stages
led, pushed along and headed over 2f out, stayed on final furlong and took 3rd near finish
Solid Stone won a Group 2 at Chester around this time last year but most attention will be focussed on stablemate DESERT CROWN. Unbeaten so far, last year’s Epsom Derby winner should be too good for these if fully wound-up given he still has untapped potential. Hukum is certainly no slouch, however, and may be en route to the Coronation Cup again having won that Group 1 at Epsom last year. Claymore is preferred to Cash and Chichester of the others.
Cash (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ran on inside last, not reach leader, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Chindit (9-5) at Ascot 1m lst stks (1) gd in May.
Chichester 7-1 (9-7) Last to break, held up in rear, headway 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish, unable to challenge winner, 2nd of 6, 3/4l behind Berkshire Shadow (9-7) at Newcastle 1m stks (2) pol in Apr.
Claymore (FR) 5-2 (8-13) Close up, pushed along to lead briefly 3f out, soon headed, no extra and weakened from over 1f out, 4th of 5, 5l behind Sir Busker (9-8) at York 1m 2f Grp 2 stks (1) gf in Jul.
Desert Crown 5-2fav (9-2) Well placed in mid-division, smooth headway out wide 3f out, led going strongly over 2f out, ridden and came easily clear over 1f out, impressive, won at Epsom 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Jun beating Hoo Ya Mal (9-2) by 2 1/2l, 17 ran.
Hukum (IRE) 11-4 (9-2) Tracked leaders in close 3rd, went 2nd 8f out, challenged from over 3f out, led going well over 2f out, went clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Epsom 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Jun beating Pyledriver (9-2) by 4 1/4l, 6 ran.
Solid Stone (IRE) 8-1 (9-10) Held up in behind leaders, headway after 2f, nudged along over 3f out, plugged on one pace from over 1f out, 5th of 9, 3 3/4l behind Stay Alert (8-10) at Newbury 1m 3f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Sep.
