dwelt, held up in rear and keen, kept on from over 1f out, one pace
held up in touch and keen, ridden and headway over 1f out, chased winner last 75 yards, held towards finish
made all, pressed 2f out, soon ridden, kept on well towards finish
slowly into stride, tracked leaders in 3rd, headway over 2f out, challenged over 1f out, no extra towards finish
tracked winner and keen, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
Cai Sheen won this as a three-year-old last season and four of the last five winners have come from that age group. SWEDISH SAILOR is the only representative this time but has to be the selection given that his only start last October saw him slam the classy Noble Mission by 5l. There's obviously been something amiss but if anywhere near that kind of form he'll take the world of beating. Godolphin are also represented by Modeyra, another with a similar absence to overcome. She won her first start as a juvenile in 2009 before landed a Listed contest so she's obviously up to this grade if near her peak. Beaten Up landed the Group 3 St Simon Stakes at Newbury on his reappearance and he's another who made a winning racecourse debut. He was nowhere near his best in the Coronation Cup when well fancied so must be a threat in a very interesting contest.
Beaten Up 3-1 (9-0) Bumped start, took keen hold, tracked leading trio, pushed along 4f out, weakened 3f out, behind and eased over 1f out, tailed off, 5th of 6, 37l behind St Nicholas Abbey (9-0) at Epsom Downs 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jun.
Cai Shen (IRE) 7-1 (9-8) Mid-division, took keen hold, ridden 2f out, never on terms, weakened inside final furlong, 12th of 18, 14l behind Landaman (8-2) at Goodwood 1m 2f hcp (2) gd in Jul.
Proud Chieftain 14-1 (9-6) Mid-division, pushed along over 4f out, headway over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, stayed on to chase winner towards finish, always held, 2nd of 10, 2l behind Prussian (9-0) at Haydock 1m 2f hcp 0-95 (3) gf.
Modeyra (8-13) 7th of 12, 10l behind Quiza Quiza Quiza (8-13) at Rome(ITY) 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) sft in Oct.
Swedish Sailor 7-2fav (9-3) Prominent, led halfway, ran on strongly, comfortable, won at Yarmouth 1m 2yo mdn (5) sft in Oct beating Noble Mission (9-3) by 5l, 15 ran.