chased leader, led narrowly 5f out, headed 1f out, weakened well inside final furlong
unruly in prelims, chased leaders, ridden inside final 2f, weakened final furlong
held up towards rear, headway on outside 2f out, stayed on steadily inside final furlong
held up towards rear, kept on final furlong, no threat
slowly away, ran green in rear, never involved
slowly into stride, soon chasing leaders, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, staying on same pace when hampered and switched right well inside final furlong
mid-division, steady headway on outside 2f out, ridden chasing leaders over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, bumped near finish, led post
mid-division on inside, steady headway on heels of leaders when not clear run and eased out entering final 2f, stayed on steadily inside final furlong, not much room towards finish
soon crossed over from wide draw and led 2f, pressed leader, led again 1f out, hung left under pressure well inside final furlong, headed post
Sovereign Grant is by Kingman and a half-brother to two winners. The Queen’s colt has Group 1 entries and market support would be significant. Forest Of Dean was a 450,000gns yearling and his dam has already produced three winners at around a mile. He’s another newcomer to note along with Eden Gardens, who is likely to know his job. But those with experience set a decent standard with Rajinsky runner-up on his second start at Haydock and both ALRAJAA and Jaleel making promising debuts. The former took a while to get the hang of things here last month but was noted running on strongly in the closing stages and still holds an entry in next month’s Champagne Stakes so gets the nod ahead of the Newbury fourth.
Alrajaa 7-2 (9-2) Slowly into stride, behind, headway on outside over 1f out, pushed along and stayed on steadily inside final furlong, never nearer, 4th of 7, 3 1/4l behind Arctic Sound (9-2) at Sandown 7f stks (4) gf in Jul.
Daniel Dravot Nathaniel colt out of Zubova.
Dubai Instinct Le Havre colt out of Riotous Applause.
Eden Gardens (IRE) Mukhadram gelding out of Showerproof.
Forest Of Dean Iffraaj colt out of Forest Crown.
Guildhall Cityscape colt out of Ecstasy.
Rajinsky (IRE) 9-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, went 2nd over 6f out, hung left and no impression on winner over 2f out, kept on, 2nd of 6, 3 3/4l behind Beatboxer (9-8) at Haydock 1m stks (4) gf in Aug.
Sea Battle (FR) 66-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, always behind, 10th of 11, 20l behind Boerhan (9-5) at Newbury 7f mdn stks (4) gd in Aug.
Sovereign Grant Kingman colt out of Momentary.
Walkinthesand (IRE) Footstepsinthesand colt out of Masseera.
Jaleel 14-1 (9-5) Dwelt, soon in touch, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out until inside final furlong, no extra in 4th towards finish, 4th of 11, 2 3/4l behind Boerhan (9-5) at Newbury 7f mdn stks (4) gd in Aug.
