led, headed over 3f out, ridden and every chance over 1f out, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, soon outpaced by winner
held up in touch in rear, ridden and headway 2f out, soon every chance, kept on same pace
close up, headway to lead entering final furlong, ran on, comfortable
steadied start pulled hard, in rear, headway and switched right to race alone under stand side rail to lead over 3f out, headed over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
tracked leader, ridden when weakened over 1f out
Nonrunner
Napoleon Solo was caught close home on very testing ground at Lingfield and would be an obvious choice if conditions worsened but in the prevailing ground it's the newcomer FARSAKH who looks the one to be on. She's the third foal of a mare who has already produced two useful winners and was a Listed winner herself so is taken to uphold the family tradition at the first time of asking. Comparative and Helvetia have both been acquired from Pascal Bary with the latter looking the more likely of the pair to mount a challenge while the newcomer Jaarih, a 70,000gns son of the top sprinter Starspangledbanner, is one to keep an eye on in the market.
Comparative (9-2) 4th of 5, 9 3/4l behind Bahama Moon (9-2) at Maisons-Laffitte 7f stks gd in Sep.
Jaarih (IRE) Starspangledbanner gelding out of Bridge Note.
Napoleon Solo 6-4fav (9-5) Keen, close up, good headway 2f out, chased leader and edged left over 1f out, ridden to lead and hung left inside final furlong, headed final strides, 2nd of 10, nk behind Fly (9-0) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (6) hvy in Sep.
Farsakh (USA) Smart Strike filly out of Ethaara.
Helvetia (USA) 9-2 (8-12) 4th of 8, 8 1/2l behind Romantic Pur (8-12) at Chantilly 6f mdn stks gd in Jun.
Rhythm Excel 100-1 (9-0) Held up, some headway over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 8th of 10, 11 3/4l behind Ventriloquist (9-5) at Lingfield 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
Tasaaboq 25-1 (8-9) Took keen hold, held up towards rear, switched left to race alone far side over 2f out, soon ridden, stayed on into 3rd inside final furlong, no impression, 3rd of 10, 5l behind Venus Marina (9-4) at Yarmouth 7f hcp (5) gs in Aug.
Capelena 16-1 (9-0) In touch, pushed along over 3f out, soon weakened, 9th of 11, 14 3/4l behind Illuminating Dream (9-0) at Beverley 7f mdn fll stks (4) gf in Aug.
Pintle's Image Paco Boy filly out of Pintle.