broke well, soon restrained and held up in touch, rallied over 2f out, ridden to challenge over 1f out, kept on well
held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders after 2f, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
led until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leader, driven over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, kept on well towards finish, no chance with winner
took keen hold, held up up towards rear, outpaced over 4f out, stayed on well towards finish
chased leaders, effort over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
steadied start, took keen hold in rear, headway over 2f out, led 2f out, driven clear inside final furlong, impressive
John Gosden has won three of the last five and SO MI DAR can add to the tally. The Newmarket handler caused a stir when sending the filly for the Derby Trial at Epsom but her allowance helped her overcome Derby hope Humphrey Bogart and she can remain unbeaten. Fireglow had looked the stable second string in the 1000 Guineas but ran the race of her life to finish fourth behind Minding. She certainly wasn't stopping at the finish and is bred to stay this trip. Best In The World won a Listed contest at the Curragh in October and the runner-up has since scored twice including at Group 3 level. Aidan O'Brien's filly didn't enjoy the testing conditions at Navan and is very much better than that. Promising Run is saddled with a penalty for a Group 2 victory and has been well beaten despite finishing runner-up in two starts at Meydan earlier this year. Harlequeen deserves a crack at this level after her excellent second in the Tattersalls Millions.
Promising Run (USA) (9-0) Tracked leader, ridden 800m out, ran on final 500m but no chance with winner, 2nd of 5, 13l behind Polar River (9-0) at Meydan 1m (1) fst in Feb.
Australian Queen 25-1 (9-0) In touch in rear, switched right over 2f out, soon ridden and no impression, 8th of 9, 14 1/4l behind Swiss Range (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 2f lst fll stks (1) gd in May.
Best In The World (IRE) 4-1 (9-3) Soon raced in 5th, pushed along from 3f out, went moderate 4th over 1f out, no impression, 4th of 6, 13 1/2l behind Pretty Perfect (9-0) at Navan 1m 2f lst fll stks (1) Soft - Heavy in Apr.
Fireglow 40-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 4th of 16, 4 1/4l behind Minding (9-0) at Newmarket 1m Grp 1 fll stks (1) gd in May.
Harlequeen 6-1 (9-0) 2nd of 9, 1 1/4l behind Linguistic (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f (2) gs in Apr.
Light Up Our World (IRE) 5-2 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 5, 1 3/4l behind Dawn Of Hope (8-12) at Ascot 1m fll stks (3) gs in Apr.
So Mi Dar 3-1 (8-9) Keen, held up, headway entering final 2f, ridden to lead and edged left over 1f out, rider soon dropped whip, pushed out and ran on, won at Epsom 1m 2f (2) sft in Apr beating Humphrey Bogart (9-0) by nk, 7 ran.