slowly into stride, raced keenly, held up, never a factor
raced keenly, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, hung left and weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, driven to lead 1f out, driven and ran on final furlong, headed near finish
led until over 6f out, stayed with winner, until weakened 2f out
slowly into stride, raced keenly, soon recovered to lead over 6f out, hung right and headed 1f out, rallied to lead near finish
held up, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
Woodcraft and Best Of Gold are two well bred newcomers to keep an eye on in the betting, but we will select the most exposed runner in the line-up Masai Moon, Mujma is another worthy of respect. The selection failed to get his head in front in six attempts as a juvenile but did earn a rating of 75 with some decent placed efforts. His experience with stand him in good stead against these ravals and he gets our tentative vote. Mujma is from a top yard and cost a fair bit of money. He is probably a lot better than he has shown so far and should be watched closely in the betting. The same applies to Best Of Gold, a well bred son of Montjeu and Woodcraft, who hails from the same family line as Guineas hero Haafed. So plenty here with scope but we will stick with known form and select Masai Moon.
Best of Gold (IRE) Montjeu colt out of a moderate racemare.
Kalasam 66-1 (8-9) Raced stand side, chased leaders, challenge over 2f out, soon no extra, 27th of 28, 21l behind Caldra (9-1) at Newmarket 6f 2yo aut (2) sft in Sept.
Masai Moon 8-1 (8-9) Chased leaders, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 2nd of 18, 3/4l behind Algol (9-3) at York 6f 2yo hcp (3) sft in Oct.
Mujma 7-1 (9-3) Raced wide held up towards rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, one pace from over 1f out, 6th of 14, 8l behind Cabinet (9-3) at Lingfield 7f 2yo mdn (5) pol in Oct.
Stark Contrast (USA) 4-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed approaching 2f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 17, 4l behind Furnace (9-3) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (4) gf in Aug.
Whodunit (UAE) 25-1 (9-3) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 10, 7l behind Rambling Light (9-3) at W'hampton 1m 1f 3yo mdn (5) pol in Mar.
Woodcraft Observatory colt, half-brother to numerous winners up to 1m4f.
Sixfields Flyer (IRE) 25-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, never a factor, 10th of 12, 12l behind Shmookh (9-3) at Warwick 7f 3yo mdn (5) gf.