soon ridden and outpaced, headway and outside 2f out, soon ridden and no impression
with leader, driven over 1f out, soon beaten, eased inside final furlong
held up in touch, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well final furlong
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, stayed on well final furlong
slowly into stride and behind, ridden and kept on one pace final 2f
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra final furlong
with leader, driven 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
BENBAUN is the class act here and can land this Listed contest; Moorhouse Lad and Turn On The Style make it to the shortlist. Mark Wallace's seven-year-old gained the best win of his career last October when winning the Prix De L'Abbaye at Longchamp. Although not entered for that race this year this consistent gelding has the class to take this race having run fairly well behind Marchand D'Or and Borderlescott in tough recent assignments. Desert Lord is capable on his day but doesn't seem to be in form at the moment and his electric early pace seems to be on the decline, whilst Moorhouse Lad is a proven performer at Group level but recent efforts have been lacklustre. Hypnosis and Princess Ellis are making up the numbers, so of more interest may be Loch Verdi who ran well on her reappearance and is sure to have improved plenty for that run. Turn On The Style is very quick and returns to the UK after racing during the winter in Dubai. He was an improving handicapper last season and it may not be long before he can gain some Listed or Group success. A good opportunity it seems though for Benbaun to get back to winning ways, assuming that the ground doesn't deteriorate too badly.
Benbaun (IRE) 14-1 (9-11) Held up towards rear, hard ridden over 1f out, ran on final furlong, never nearer, 5th of 14, 4l behind Borderlescott (9-11) at Newmarket 5f Grp 1 (1) gd in Aug.
Desert Lord 33-1 (9-11) Prominent, effort over 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 14, 8l behind Borderlescott (9-11) at Newmarket 5f Grp 1 (1) gd in Aug.
Galeota (IRE) 3-1fav (9-7) Soon chased leader, ridden and weakened quickly over 1f out, 9th of 10, 8l behind Stoneacre Lad (9-3) at Kempton 5f lst stk (1) pol in Jun.
Moorhouse Lad 33-1 (9-11) Chased leaders, hard ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 14, 4 1/2l behind Borderlescott (9-11) at Newmarket 5f Grp 1 (1) gd in Aug.
Turn On The Style 9-2 (9-0) Mid-division, never able to challenge, 8th of 10, 7l behind Instant Recall (9-0) at Nad Al Sheba 6f lst stk (1) gd in Feb.
Hypnosis 11-4fav (9-2) Went right start, chased leaders, ridden and led over 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Katie Boo (8-8) at Hamilton 5f fll hcp (4) gd in Aug.
Loch Verdi 16-1 (9-9) Led, ridden and headed over 2f out, one pace final furlong, 8th of 17, 2l behind Hoh Hoh Hoh (9-11) at Sandown 5f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Aug.
Princess Ellis 6-1 (9-2) Led, ridden inside final furlong, kept on until headed and no extra final 75 yards, 2nd of 13, 1/2l behind Ishetoo (9-9) at Musselburgh 5f hcp 0-95 (3) gd in Aug.
Biniou (IRE) (8-11) Pulled hard in mid-division, pushed along 2f out, never dangerous, 8th of 12, 6l behind Desert Ocean (8-11) at Deauville 6f in Aug.
