held up, headway over 1f out, soon led, driven inside final furlong, stayed on well
pulled hard in rear, headway to have every chance over 1f out, ridden, no extra towards finish
held up, ridden over 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
went left start, keen, chased clear leader, briefly over 1f out, still every chance until unable to quicken towards finish
pulled hard, led, soon clear, ridden and headed over 1f out, soon weakened
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, every chance well over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
squeezed out at start, soon pushed along in rear, ridden 2f out, kept on final furlong, nearest finish
A race where the majority will be played late and Cape is selected with Royal Rock and Ingleby Arch the dangers. Paul Howling's charge has invariably attracted plenty of attention throughout her career and while the ground is on obvious inponderable, she may just have the class to win despite it. Royal Rock is another to possess soft ground form but with no form whatsoever on this surface, he is reluctantly opposed. Ingleby Arch is always dangerous if securing a front run. This is a step up in grade but the race is there to be stolen. Orpenindeed was a fair horse when trained in Italy but has yet to rediscover that ability on these shores. David Simcock's horses are running solidly so Classic Encounter is watched in the market. Fyodor has questions to answer. Cape has obvious positives and negatives but she can make class tell in this affair.
Royal Rock 7-4fav (9-0) Held up in touch, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 9, 3l behind King's Apostle (8-3) at Newmarket 6f 3yo hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Fyodor (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) Chased leaders, ridden and every chance over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 8th of 9, 3 1/2l behind Chief Editor (9-3) at Nottingham 5f hcp 0-95 (3) gs.
Ajigolo 5-1 (9-1) Held up, ridden 2f out, no impression, last of 5, 14l behind Bentong (9-4) at Brighton 6f hcp 0-105 (2) gs.
Orpenindeed (IRE) 7-1 (8-9) Prominent, ridden 2f out, every chance over 1f out, one pace final furlong, 6th of 9, 2 1/2l behind Ebraam (8-1) at Lingfield 6f hcp 0-100 (2) pol in Dec.
Classic Encounter (IRE) 33-1 (9-3) Led, ridden 2f out, headed final furlong, kept on same pace, 3rd of 9, 1 1/2l behind Canadian Danehill (9-1) at Southwell 5f hcp 0-100 (2) fbs in Mar.
Ingleby Arch (USA) 9-1 (8-7) Slowly into stride, chased leaders. ridden over 2f out, one pace, 5th of 12, 2l behind Turnkey (8-1) at Pontefract 6f hcp 0-100 (2) gs.
Blue Tomato 7-1 (8-8) Towards rear, never dangerous, 9th of 17, 11l behind Pusey Street Lady (8-5) at Doncaster 6f hcp 0-100 (2) sft in Mar.
Cape 7-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, held up, headway well over 1f out, led inside final furlong, held on towards finish, won at Doncaster 6f hcp 0-95 (3) gs beating Baby Strange (8-8) by a nk, 18 ran.