keen, always in rear, hung badly right throughout
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
led after 1f, ridden 2f out, all out when headed inside final furlong
slowly into stride, never a factor
led, headed after 1f, stayed prominent, ridden 3f out, ran on strongly to lead inside final furlong, gamely
always in the rear
mid-division, keen, effort to lead chasing trio 2f out, faded
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened 2f out
in touch, ridden to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened final furlong
In a run-of-the-mill maiden, Gemology is selected ahead of Fair Sailing and New World Order. The Godolphin-owned Gemology showed plenty of promise on his soft-ground debut when second to the subsequent Dante third and Listed placed Al Shemali. He has had only one Nad Al Sheba run since and, in fairness, based on that debut run, he clearly looks to be the one to beat. There are some interesting newcomers in this contest, including the John Hills-trained Fair Sailing, a half-brother to Italian Derby winner White Muzzle, the Rae Guest-trained Mark Of The Fen, who cost 42,000 guineas but races in an eyeshield first time up, and the Michael Bell-trained 20,000 guineas son of Mujahid, Oat Cuisine. The ones to have shown ability on the racetrack have gained ratings only in the low 70s, and these are Beech Games, New World Order and Yab Adee, with New World Order suggested as the best of them. For the selection, though, we will stick with Gemology.
I'm Agenius 100-1 (9-4) Slowly into stride, in rear, ridden, headway over 2f out, weakened 1f out, 6th of 10, 14l behind Turban Heights (8-12) at Leicester 1m mdn aut stk (5) gs in Aug.
Beech Games 8-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, held up, headway over 2f out, hung left well over 1f out, stayed on one pace, 5th of 11, 3 1/2l behind Memphis Marie (8-12) at W'hampton 7f mdn aut stk (5) pol in Aug.
Gemology (USA) (8-9) Tracked leader going well, ridden 2f out, soon one pace, 3rd of 7, 5l behind Seal Point (8-9) at Nad Al Sheba 7f 3yo mdn gf in Feb.
Mark of The Fen Mark of Esteem gelding, half-brother to several winners from 7f-1m2f including top-class 6f-1m winner Rose Gypsy.
New World Order (IRE) 11-1 (9-1) Always prominent, led near finish, headed post, 2nd of 10, shd behind Merrymadcap (9-3) at W'hampton 1m 1f hcp 0-75 (5) pol.
Pont Wood 20-1 (9-3) Behind, stayed on final furlong, never dangerous, 8th of 13, 7l behind Southwarknewsflash (8-12) at W'hampton 6f mdn aut stk (6) pol.
Wattys The Craic 40-1 (9-3) Slowly into stride, in rear, pushed along over 4f out, stayed on inside final furlong, no danger, 7th of 11, 5l behind Memphis Marie (8-12) at W'hampton 7f mdn aut stk (5) pol in Aug.
Yab Adee 7-2 (8-10) Prominent, led over 6f out, no extra when headed inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind View From The Top (9-3) at W'hampton 1m 1f mdn aut stk (6) pol in Aug.
Balanchine Moon 14-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, raced keenly towards rear, never near leaders, 7th of 11, 10l behind Own Boss (9-3) at Warwick 7f mdn stk (5) gf in Aug.
Fair Sailing (IRE) Docksider filly, half-sister to several winners from 7f-1m4f including high-class White Muzzle.
Lily La Belle 25-1 (8-12) Held up, never on terms, 9th of 11, 12l behind Own Boss (9-3) at Warwick 7f mdn stk (5) gf in Aug.
Oat Cuisine Mujahid filly out of a lightly-raced mare.
Princess Danehill (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Mid-division, headway to track leaders halfway, weakened over 2f out, 11th of 14, 13l behind Duchess Royale (9-3) at Windsor 1m 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gs in Jul.
