held up in last, headway 3f out, led travelling smoothly over 1f out, ridden and stayed on well to assert inside final furlong
held up towards rear, pushed along 6f out, left behind final 3f
in touch in mid-division, pushed along and effort 3f out, edged left over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
held up in mid-division, headway over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened
led early, tracked leaders, steadied 12f out, headway 5f out, led over 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, stayed on, no impression on winner
tracked leaders, went 2nd 5f out, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, one pace in 4th from over 1f out
held up in rear, headway over 3f out, outpaced over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
in touch in mid-division, lost place 5f out, well beaten final 3f
soon led, headed 8f out, weakened over 3f out, tailed off
Times Up has been a standing dish in pattern race company for a very long time and has three Group 2 victories to his credit and won this in 2011. Clever Cookie completed a hat-trick of victories when dead-heating in this a year ago and has picked up a Group 3 penalty for his success in Chester's Ormonde Stakes where he had Big Orange a long way behind. The latter had Odeon well beaten when landing a Listed race over this trip at Ascot in October. Elidor returned from Dubai to land a competitive handicap over this trip at Newmarket and his close third in last year's Ebor point to his chances as he had Clever Cookie 3l behind. WAKEA is improving and was by no means disgraced in the Sagaro Stakes at Ascot when Thursday's Group 3 winner Vent De Force finished runner-up. Jeremy Noseda's charge can prove good enough before going on to bigger things.
Clever Cookie 8-1 (9-0) In rear, headway on outside over 3f out, went 2nd over 2f out, driven to challenge over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, won at Chester 1m 5f Grp 3 (1) sft beating Tac De Boistron (9-7) by 1 1/4l, 8 ran.
Big Orange 6-1 (9-0) Led until over 8f out, led again over 7 out, headed over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 4th of 8, 26l behind Clever Cookie (9-0) at Chester 1m 5f Grp 3 (1) sft.
Angel Gabrial (IRE) 14-1 (9-10) Tracked leaders, took keen hold, ridden over 3f out, lost place over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 11th of 17, 15l behind Trip To Paris (8-9) at Chester 2m 3f hcp (4yo+) (2) gs.
Elidor 11-2 (9-7) Keen tracked leaders, led over 3f out, clear inside final furlong, comfortable, won at Newmarket 1m 6f hcp 0-105 (2) gf beating Aramist (9-1) by 2 1/4l, 9 ran.
Nabatean (IRE) 10-11fav (9-7) Raced keenly tracking leaders, effort travelling strongly over 2f out, led well over 1f out, clear final furlong, eased towards finish, easily, won at Chelmsford City 1m 5f hcp 0-95 (3) pol in Apr beating The Quarterjack (8-7) by 2l, 6 ran.
Odeon 16-1 (9-0) Led, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and headed approaching 2f out, weakened final furlong, last of 4, 22l behind Second Step (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 4f Grp 2 (1) gf.
Red Galileo 17-2 (9-0) Led raced freely and set decent pace, narrowly headed 2f out, chased leaders, ridden and outpaced over 1f out, stayed on again towards finish, went 2nd post, no chance with winner, 2nd of 7, 3l behind Agent Murphy (9-0) at Ascot 1m 4f Listed stks (1) gd.
Times Up 20-1 (9-1) In rear, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 6, 12l behind Snow Sky (8-13) at York 1m 6f Grp 2 (1) gf.
Wakea (USA) 14-1 (8-12) Prominent, tracked leaders 10f out, ridden and edged left over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 8, 5l behind Mizzou (8-12) at Ascot 2m Grp 3 (1) gf in Apr.
Maid In Rio (IRE) 6-1 (9-7) Held up towards rear, headway to go 3rd over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened and eased final furlong, 7th of 9, 17l behind Elidor (9-7) at Newmarket 1m 6f hcp 0-105 (2) gf.
