slowly away in rear, pushed along and good headway from over 3f out, kept on to take moderate 3rd inside final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 3f out
mid-division, pushed along 7f out, weakened 4f out
slowly away, behind, never a factor
held up, ridden and some headway 3f out, no impression after
slowly away, always tailed off, pulled up before 4 out
slowly away, towards rear, some headway 3f out, no impression after
made most, clear 3f out, eased final furlong, unchallenged
held up mid-division, headway to go 3rd over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
raced wide, held up, headway to go in touch over 5f out, ridden to chase winner 4f out, outpaced by winner final 2f, but always holding remainder of field
tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out
chased winner, ridden halfway, weakened over 3f out
close up, lost place from 7f out
John Gosden has a strong hand here saddling both Bruton Street and Time Book and both deserve to get their head in front but may have to settle for minor honours again with more solid claims held by COTILLION, who looks the one to be on. The selection has shown a decent level of form on a soft surface for William Haggas finding just one too good on each of the two occasions that he has raced on testing conditions and he can go one better today. Alan McCabe's Sligo has yet to confirm that he handles conditions as soft as this and of more interest may be Pat Eddery's Outrageous Request, who has run creditably on a soft surface in his last two starts. Keith Reveley's Tazbar is decent over hurdles having earned a rating in the 150s but he has failed to show any worthwhile form in two starts on the level. Bruton Street looks marginally the pick of John Gosden's two runners but, on this surface, Cotillion looks the one they all have to beat.
French Hollow 9-2 (11-6) Prominent and raced keenly, ridden 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 6l behind Seraglio (10-6) at Market Rasen 2m 1f NH flat (6) gs in Aug.
Maraased 3-1 (9-3) Held up, outpaced 3f out, headway to chase leaders and lugged left over 1f out, kept on final furlong, 3rd of 9, 2 1/4l behind Daraahem (9-3) at Chester 1m 2f 3yo mdn (3) gd in May '08.
Sligo 28-1 (8-12) Headway to press leader after 1f racing keenly, ridden over 3f out, not much room and squeezed out over 1f out, soon weakened, 6th of 8, 29l behind Tajaaweed (8-12) at Chester 1m 2f 3yo Grp 3 (1) gd in May '08.
Tazbar (IRE) 9-4 (9-9) Slowly into stride, in rear and pushed along, never dangerous, 7th of 10, well behind Scarab (9-3) at Catterick 1m 4f mdn stks (5) hvy in Nov '08.
Zafranagar (IRE) 4-1 (9-2) 3rd of 10, 3/4l behind Taverny (9-2) at Longchamp(FR) 1m 2f stk gd in Jun '08.
Amber Glow 25-1 (8-11) Slowly into stride, behind, ridden halfway, soon detached, pulled up over 2f out, in a race won by Benedicte (8-12) at Chester 1m 2f fll mdn stks (4) gf in Sep, 6 ran.
Smarties Party 25-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, soon mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, kept on one pace final 2f, 4th of 10, 15l behind Charity Belle (8-10) at Newcastle 1m 2f fll mdn stks (5) gf in May.
Bruton Street (USA) 12-1 (8-10) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, kept on well inside final furlong, 2nd of 15, nk behind Luc Jordan (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 2f 3yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Oct.
Cotillion 9-4fav (9-0) Dwelt, soon mid-division, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, disputed lead inside final furlong, not quicken near finish, 2nd of 10, ns behind Gunslinger (9-5) at Nottingham 1m 2f mdn stks 0-80 (5) gs in Oct.
Outrageous Request 7-2 (9-0) Held up mid-division, chased leaders over 2f out, kept on inside final furlong, no impression, 4th of 16, 10l behind Do The Strand (9-0) at Doncaster 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) sft in Aug.
Time Book (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden over 2f out, stayed on final furlong, 3rd of 15, 3 1/2l behind Black Eagle (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) sft in Oct.
Dovedon Angel 33-1 (8-11) In touch, pushed along and outpaced final 2f, 5th of 7, 9l behind Andhaar (9-2) at Lingfield 1m 2f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Jun.
Owls Fc (IRE) 200-1 (8-9) Always last, pushed along and struggling over 6f out, soon lost touch, tailed off and eased, last of 5, well behind Akmal (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 6f 3yo Listed stks (1) gf in Oct.
Troopingthecolour 7-4fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, progress to join winner over 3f out, ridden over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 2nd of 15, 1 1/2l behind Black Eagle (9-3) at Nottingham 1m 2f 3yo mdn (5) sft in Oct.
Haunting 100-1 (8-12) Held up, ridden over 3f out, soon weakened, 9th of 12, 26l behind Zelos Diktator (8-12) at Newcastle 1m 4f mdn auc stks (6) gs in Oct.
