towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, weakened over 2f out
slowly into stride, towards rear, headway over 2f out, faded inside final furlong
towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never dangerous
in touch, headway over 2f out, no extra towards finish
tracked leaders in 3rd, ridden over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
with leader, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
mid-division, headway 3f out, not much room 1f out and switched right, ridden inside final furlong, ran on to lead last strides
held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, led inside final furlong, son ridden, kept on and caught post
led, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, no extra
held up towards rear, headway 2f out, kept on towards finish
mid-division, headway over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, every chance inside final furlong, no extra towards finish
Tullius won this in 2015 while Custom Cut was third last year behind Belardo. The latter was trained by Roger Varian, who runs Dawn Of Hope this year. He was successful over a mile on his reappearance at Ascot and later won a Listed race on the all-weather at Deauville. STORMY ANTARCTIC won the Craven Stakes on his return to action last year and was later second in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly. This represents a significant drop in class and Ed Walker’s colt may prove too strong for the Godolphin pair Cymric and Toscanini, though Crazy Horse gives the impression he could have more to offer this term and Frankie’s mount looks a better bet than disappointing stablemate Castle Harbour. Kool Kompany looks held by Crazy Horse on their run together at Salisbury in October.
Big Baz (IRE) 16-1 (9-3) Took keen hold, held up, in last trio, pushed along and outpaced over 2f out, soon behind, last of 8, 13 1/2l behind Muffri'Ha (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Oct.
Castle Harbour 9-4fav (9-8) Tracked leader, ridden and unable to quicken 2f out, weakened final furlong, 8th of 12, 7 3/4l behind My Target (8-5) at Lingfield 1m hcp (2) pol in Nov.
Crazy Horse (9-3) 2nd of 9, 2 1/2l behind Djiguite (9-1) at Saint-Cloud 1m lst stks hvy in Nov.
Custom Cut (IRE) 9-1 (9-3) Soon led, on near side rail, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 5 1/2l behind Muffri'Ha (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 1f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Oct.
Cymric (USA) (9-0) 3rd of 7, 2 3/4l behind Championship (9-3) at Meydan 1m Grp 2 stks (1) gd in Feb.
Dark Emerald (IRE) 33-1 (9-0) 8th of 14, 9 1/2l behind Suyoof (9-0) at Meydan 7f hcp gd in Feb.
Kool Kompany (IRE) 16-1 (9-2) Led, ridden 2f out, headed final strides, 2nd of 8, hd behind Estidhkaar (9-2) at Newmarket 1m lst stks (1) gf in Oct.
Stormy Antarctic 40-1 (9-1) Raced towards far side, held up, towards rear, pushed along and some headway over 2f out, never reached leaders and weakened final furlong, 6th of 13, 7 1/2l behind Minding (8-12) at Ascot 1m Grp 1 stks (1) gd in Oct.
Toscanini (IRE) 4-1fav (9-4) Tracked leader in 2nd, progress to lead over 3f out, driven and headed over 2f out, dropped to 3rd 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out, short of room and eased under 1f out, 12th of 13, 11 1/4l behind Ardhoomey (9-4) at Curragh 5f Grp 2 stks (1) Yielding in Sep.
Tullius (IRE) 25-1 (9-10) Raced far side, chased leaders, keeping on same pace when not clear run and switched left over 1f out, badly hampered and snatched up inside final furlong, no chance after, eased, 14th of 19, 5 1/2l behind Yuften (9-1) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gd in Oct.
Dawn Of Hope (IRE) (9-2) won at Deauville 1m 1f lst stks pol in Nov beating Endless Summer (9-2) by 1l, 13 ran.
