held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, soon eased
chased winner, ridden 1f out, soon weakened
held up towards rear, ridden over 1f out, soon weakened
dwelt, mid-division, ridden and headway over 2f out, chased winner 1f out, kept on and no impression
tracked leaders, ridden to chase winer until 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
slowly away, in rear, ridden over 2f out, one pace and went 4th inside final furlong, no impression
made all, ridden inside final furlong, kept on well
Plenty of guesswork needed here but BALADY finished behind subsequent Nell Gwyn fourth Starscope at Newmarket on her final start at two and gets the token vote on that basis. Poole Harbour wasn't disgraced on his reappearance at HQ and is preferred to Anya while Ta Ajabb and Charles Tyrwhitt seemed to handle the soft ground on their respective debuts without looking like winning. The 100,000gns colt Unex Annigoni makes his debut and the betting may give the best clue to his chances.
Charles Tyrwhitt 12-1 (9-3) Took keen hold, held up in touch, pushed along and headway over 2f out, went 3rd over 1f out, stayed on, 3rd of 10, 4 1/2l behind Flexible Flyer (9-3) at Warwick 7f 3yo mdn (5) sft in Apr.
Coup De Grace (IRE) 20-1 (9-3) Reared in stalls, slowly away, always behind, 7th of 9, 16l behind Taffe (9-3) at Nottingham 6f 2yo mdn (5) gf in Sep.
Poole Harbour (IRE) 11-2 (9-0) Mid-division, headway 2f out, kept on one pace final furlong, 5th of 13, 4 1/2l behind Cogito (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 3yo mdn (4) gd in Apr.
Sir Mike 66-1 (8-5) Raced center, slowly away, outpaced, last of 15, 27l behind Mehdi (8-9) at Newmarket 6f 2yo aut (2) gs in Aug.
Unex Annigoni (IRE) Holy Roman Emperor colt out of Cape Columbine.
Anya 100-1 (9-0) Tracked leader stand side until led this trio over 2f out, ridden and ran on inside final furlong, went 4th close home, nearest finish, 4th of 19, 8l behind Perfect Step (9-0) at Newmarket 7f mdn fll stks (4) gs in Apr.
Balady (IRE) 9-4 (9-0) Prominent, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra well inside final furlong, 4th of 12, 5l behind Starscope (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo stks (4) gd in Oct.
Ta Ajabb 6-1 (8-11) Slowly away outpaced, pushed along and headway over 1f out, stayed on towards finish, never nearer, 4th of 12, 4l behind Jack Dexter (9-0) at Thirsk 6f mdn auc stks (5) sft in Apr.