in rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, kept on to chase winner towards finish, always held
held up in touch, ridden and weakened over 1f out
led, ridden and headed 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
tracked leaders in 3rd, no extra inside final furlong
held up towards rear and keen, headway over 2f out, led 1f out, kept on well
Marco Botti trained last year's winner and has leading claims in this year's renewal. He's represented by Energia Flavio and SOLAR DEITY (NAP), but the former looks high enough in the weights and the latter is preferred. He needs to reverse latest running with Spes Nostra but can do so with Rob Hornby's 7lb allowance in his favour. Rebellious Guest is good enough to go close if back to his best and Brocklebank ran well behind another Botti runner in Grendisar last week. Gold Trail was a well beaten second at Newmarket when last seen at the track in July and is facing a tough comeback.
Solar Deity (IRE) 5-2 (9-10) Held up behind, driven and wide entering straight, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, held towards finish, 3rd of 8, 1l behind Earth Drummer (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2).
Rebellious Guest 8-1 (9-1) Towards rear, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong, 8th of 13, 7l behind Anglophile (8-1) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (2) pol.
Energia Flavio (BRZ) 8-1 (8-13) Prominent, led 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 2 1/2l behind Lacan (8-11) at Kempton 1m hcp (2) pol.
Spes Nostra 8-1 (8-8) Led, driven over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, edged left and kept on inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Earth Drummer (9-1) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (2).
Gold Trail (IRE) 4-1 (8-12) Tracked leader, led 5f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on same pace, 2nd of 7, 12l behind Winter Thunder (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-100 (2) gf in Jul.
Brocklebank (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) In touch in rear, headway and not clear run approaching final furlong, ridden to chase winner inside final furlong, lost 2nd close home, 3rd of 7, 1l behind Grendisar (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 2f Listed stks (1) pol.