held up mid-division, effort and headway over 2f out, weakened final furlong
led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakening when hampered over 1f out
held up, effort and not much room over 2f out to over 1f out, ridden and ran on well to lead inside final furlong
held up towards rear, ridden and headway when not much room over 3f out and over 1f out, switched right, ran on inside final furlong
tracked leaders, effort over 3f out, weakened 2f out
in rear, pushed along over 4f out, never on terms
tracked leader, ridden to lead over 2f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong
mid-division, driven 4f out, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, outpaced 2f out, kept on final furlong
Aidan O'Brien saddled last year's victor in the shape of the subsequent derby hero High Chaparral and the yard will be aiming to follow up with Brian Boru. The juvenile overcame greeness to land a maiden first time out and showed he is progressing along the right lines when suffering a narrow defeat in a Group 3 at The Curragh earlier this month. The son of Sadler's Wells will relish these conditions and gets the TEAMtalk vote to continue the yard's recent record in this valuable contest. Tacitus is another who will appreciate the conditions and shouldn't be far away judged on an unlucky-in-running fourth in an Italian Group 1 last time but Norse Dancer is held by Bahamian Dancer on Royal Lodge form and the latter has shown his best form on a quicker surface.
