chased leaders, not much room 7f out, soon steadied, ridden over 3f out, well beaten final 2f
led, ridden and headed over 2f out, well held from over 1f out, lost 3rd inside final furlong
held up in touch in mid-division, ridden over 2f out, soon beaten
soon prominent, went 2nd over 6f out, led over 2f out, quickened clear over 1f out, ran on well, impressive
soon steadied towards rear, pushed along 3f out, went 5th inside final furlong, no chance
chased leader over 1f, in touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace, went 3rd inside final furlong, well held by front pair
chased leaders on outside, shaken up over 2f out, soon hung left, went 2nd over 1f out, no chance with winner, kept on
Cityzen Serg is the most experienced of these, placing in all three starts on the all-weather. But he’s been racing over much longer distances and Sidereal makes more appeal as he stepped up markedly on his debut when third at Windsor, despite racing freely. TASAAMUH should be the one to beat, however, as she was staying on strongly at Kempton and has a fillies’ allowance in her favour. My Oberon travelled strongly for a long way at Newmarket and will know more today so can’t be ignored.
Dawn Blaze 50-1 (8-10) Prominent, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 9th of 16, 9 1/4l behind Sam Cooke (9-0) at York 1m stks (3) gd in Oct.
Cityzen Serg (IRE) 7-2 (9-2) Led, headed over 1f out, no extra final 50 yards, 3rd of 10, 5 3/4l behind Tenbury Wells (9-2) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f stks (5) pol in Jul.
El Ray (IRE) Lope De Vega colt out of Lucky Clio.
My Oberon (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Slowly away soon in touch, headway over 1f out, ran on, 5th of 10, 4 1/4l behind Sunray Major (9-2) at Newmarket 1m stks (5) gd in Jun.
Purple Knight (FR) 66-1 (9-2) Steadied start, took keen hold in rear, hung left and headway 2f out, never dangerous, 7th of 14, 14 1/2l behind Ilaraab (9-2) at Thirsk 1m stks (5) gd in Jul.
Sidereal 28-1 (9-5) Raced keenly, led 3f, chased winner, ridden and held when lost 2nd inside final furlong, kept on same pace in 3rd, 3rd of 11, 3l behind Taawfan (9-0) at Windsor 1m stks (5) gf in Jul.
Thunder Gap Night Of Thunder gelding out of Regal Hawk.
Tasaamuh (USA) 7-2 (9-0) Raced keenly, rear of mid-division, headway over 1f out, stayed on well, went 3rd well inside final furlong, not reach front pair, 3rd of 11, 1 1/4l behind Dubai Quality (9-0) at Kempton 1m mdn fll stks (5) pol in Jun.
Nitro Express 7-2 (9-0) In touch towards rear, pushed along and some headway over 1f out, not trouble leaders, 6th of 10, 8l behind Tuscan Gaze (9-0) at Newmarket 7f stks (4) sft in Nov.
