tracked leaders, headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ridden and ran on
led, pushed along over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
tracked leaders, pushed along 2f out, one pace and lost 3rd inside final furlong
towards rear, pushed along 3f out, never trouble leaders
in touch, headway over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong
in touch, ridden and weakened 2f out
dwelt towards rear, pushed along 2f out, never a factor
in touch on outer, pushed along and headway 2f out, kept on same pace
dwelt in rear, headway approaching final furlong, edged left and kept on final furlong
dwelt, keen in rear, weakened 2f out
with leader, led over 1f out, ridden and headed inside final furlong, ran on
Corrosive and Mewtow are penalised for winning on the all-weather while both Rapier and Drill made only modest debuts last year. But STYLEHUNTER was beaten only a length by the progressive Rusper when placed at Kempton in December and the Gosden colt may prove good enough in this with any further improvement. Of the newcomers, Tawheed is a half-brother to a 2000 Guineas winner and preferred to stablemate Narynkol while Magical Sight is the first foal of a Listed winner but the Godolphin representative Al Reef has already been gelded.
Corrosive (USA) 11-8fav (9-2) Chased leader, led 5f out, ridden clear over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, ran on, won at Kempton 7f stks (4) pol in Sep beating Manthoor (9-2) by 1 3/4l, 12 ran.
Mewtow 7-1 (9-9) Led after 1f, driven and headed 2f out, ridden and outpaced by front pair 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 12, 13 1/2l behind De Medici (9-2) at Lingfield 1m stks (5) pol in Feb.
Al Reef (IRE) Shamardal gelding out of Alazeya.
Beat The Judge (IRE) Canford Cliffs gelding out of Charmingly.
Drill 25-1 (9-0) Dwelt, outpaced in rear, never dangerous, 8th of 11, 12 3/4l behind Global Giant (9-0) at Newmarket 7f mdn stks (4) gf in Jul.
Lord Guest (IRE) Lord Shanakill gelding out of Webcast.
Magical Sight Sea The Stars colt out of Sentaril.
Narynkol Declaration Of War colt out of Nazym.
Rapier (USA) 33-1 (9-2) Steadied start, held up and always towards rear, 10th of 14, 6 1/2l behind Kassar (9-2) at Kempton 1m stks (4) pol in Oct.
Soar Above Lethal Force gelding out of Soar.
Stylehunter 9-1 (9-2) Close up, ridden 2f out, staying on inside final furlong when not clear run towards finish, 3rd of 14, 1 1/4l behind Rusper (9-9) at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Dec.
Tawheed (IRE) Dawn Approach colt out of Dhelaal.