keen tracked leader, led over 1f out, pushed clear, eased towards finish, comfortable
in touch in rear, ridden over 2f out, never a threat
restless in stalls, tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
close up, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, tailed off
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon outpaced by easy winner
in touch in rear, ridden over 2f out, kept on to go a never dangerous 3rd inside final furlong
The handicapper has taken no chances with the lightly-raced ZABEEL PRINCE but he created such a good impression on his reappearance in a Nottingham maiden that you can’t blame the assessor for giving him a mark of 86. Soft ground clearly suits and he will probably be too good for his five rivals in this. Eltezam has dropped to his lowest-ever mark, despite a recent third at Chepstow, but he may be better over shorter trips. Wealth Tax is having his 12th start of a busy campaign but has won three times, though couldn’t cope off his new mark last time at Hamilton.
Zabeel Prince (IRE) 11-8 (9-12) Took keen hold, tracked leaders on inside, switched left over 2f out, switched back right inside final 2f, led going well inside final furlong, soon pushed clear, eased towards finish, won at Nottingham 1m mdn stks (5) sft in Jun beating Cape To Cuba (8-11) by 3l, 7 ran.
Honiara 14-1 (9-13) Tracked leaders in 3rd place, ridden and weakened over 1f out, last of 10, 32 1/4l behind Almoreb (9-8) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Eltezam (IRE) 16-1 (9-12) Led 1f, remained prominent, effort over 2f out, stayed on same pace approaching final furlong, 3rd of 6, 4 1/4l behind Rigoletto (9-8) at Chepstow 1m hcp (4) gs in Sep.
Wealth Tax 9-1 (9-7) Mid-division, driven over 3f out, some headway when not much room and switched left 2f out, never threatened, 6th of 13, 10 1/2l behind Whatsthemessage (8-10) at Hamilton 1m 1f hcp (3) gs in Aug.
London (FR) 20-1 (9-7) Led, headed 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 10, 13 1/4l behind Almoreb (9-8) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Hawatif (IRE) 12-1 (9-3) Took keen hold, held up in 4th, pushed along over 3f out, weakened inside final 2f, last of 6, 13l behind Singyoursong (9-7) at Brighton 1m 2f hcp fll (3) gd in May.