tracked leaders, ridden and headway to chase easy winner over 1f out, kept on same pace
tracked leader, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, pushed out, comfortable
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out
Saeed Bin Suroor does not have a great record here but Good Trip made a winning start in soft ground at Nottingham earlier in the month. He's penalised for this as is Salisbury maiden winner BATTLE PRIDE but this is much easier than the latter's recent tasks and the Hannon colt, rated 90, should have the measure of the remainder on these terms. Planetaria is rated only 63 and faces a tough task but is still preferred to Badalona Breeze and Contendit, who have shown nothing so far.
Battle Pride (IRE) 2-1fav (9-7) Led, headed over 5f out, tracked leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, lost 3rd close home, last of 4, 2 1/4l behind Race Day (9-7) at Lingfield 1m stks (5) pol in Nov.
Good Trip (IRE) 9-2 (9-5) Dwelt green in rear, pushed along and switched right over 2f out, headway from over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on, won at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) sft in Nov beating West Drive (9-5) by 3/4l, 11 ran.
Planetaria (IRE) 7-1 (9-2) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 7, 3l behind Brave Archibald (9-5) at Chelmsford City 1m (5) pol in Oct.
Badalona Breeze (IRE) 100-1 (9-0) Dwelt, always in rear, last of 10, 17l behind Natural Beauty (9-0) at Lingfield 1m mdn fll stks (5) pol in Nov.
Contendit 40-1 (9-5) In rear, ridden over 2f out, never on terms, 6th of 8, 13 3/4l behind Indian Pursuit (9-5) at Catterick 6f mdn stks (6) sft in Oct.