slowly into stride, behind, headway over 1f out, soon switched right, running on when not clear run 100 yards out, went never nearer 3rd close home, bit unlucky
chased leader, led going well inside final 3f, ridden and headed inside final furlong, weakened
held up and always towards rear, never on terms
wore hood to post, soon tracking leaders, ridden and stayed on inside final furlong, not pace to threaten, lost 3rd close home
raced keenly, tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead inside final furlong, headed and not pace of winner final 50 yards
tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 1f out
in touch in 5th, headway tracking leaders and hung left over 1f out, ridden and one pace inside final furlong, weakened towards finish
mid-division on outside, pushed along over 2f out, some headway on inside over 1f out, no impression inside final furlong
slowly into stride, always towards rear
mid-division, good headway on outside over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, edged left 100 yards out, led final 50 yards, won going away
always towards rear, never involved
led, pushed along and headed inside final 3f, lost 2nd over 2f out, ridden 2f out, soon weakened and behind
Most of these can be given a chance but CEMHAAN landed the odds with the minimum of fuss at Kempton in March and the runner-up has subsequently boosted the form. Sir Michael Stoute runs Chelmsford winner Oslo and Atheeb with the former preferred while Establish has placed over 7f on a couple of occasions and is another handicapping for the first time along with Kempton runner-up Brunel Charm. Cloud Drift went close in a decent handicap at Newmarket in September and Maysong won over 7f at Kempton on her handicap debut.
Establish 11-8fav (9-5) Slowly into stride, raced keenly in 5th, pushed along 3f out, headway chasing leaders hanging right from over 1f out, went 3rd and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 3rd of 7, 1l behind Canagat (9-5) at Kempton 7f mdn stks (4) pol in Nov.
Dyami (FR) 20-1 (8-12) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, faded inside final furlong, 7th of 8, 4 1/4l behind Tritonic (8-12) at Newbury 1m stks (2) gd in Sep.
Brunel Charm 7-4fav (9-5) Chased leader, ridden to challenge inside final furlong, led well inside final furlong, headed and no extra towards finish, 2nd of 10, 1/2l behind Stanford (8-12) at Kempton 7f stks (5) pol in Jan.
Cemhaan 4-7fav (9-5) Made most, ridden clear 2f out, stayed on well final furlong, won at Kempton 1m stks (5) pol in Mar beating Note Bleu (9-5) by 2l, 11 ran.
Odyssey Girl (IRE) 7-1 (9-4) Chased leader, ridden inside final furlong, kept on towards finish, 2nd of 8, nk behind Bendy Spirit (9-4) at Wolverhampton 7f hcp (4) pol in Mar.
Cloud Drift 10-3fav (8-8) Raced wide tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, pressed winner inside final furlong, not quicken towards finish, 2nd of 9, 3/4l behind Dogged (8-10) at Newmarket 1m (2) gd in Sep.
Oslo 3-1 (9-7) Held up, took keen hold, headway on outside over 1f out, led inside final furlong, stayed on well, ridden out, won at Chelmsford City 1m (5) pol in Sep beating London Calling (9-0) by 1l, 10 ran.
Mischief Star 11-4fav (9-7) Held up towards rear on outside, headway and in touch over 4f out, effort over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on, no extra towards finish, 5th of 11, 1 1/4l behind Blausee (9-0) at Wolverhampton 7f (4) pol in Oct.
Maysong 12-1 (9-5) Steadied in rear, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, driven clear, won at Kempton 7f (5) pol in Dec beating Rajguru (9-1) by 3l, 9 ran.
Atheeb 5-2fav (9-3) In touch disputing 5th, pushed along hung right and unable to quicken over 2f out, headway over 1f out, plugged on in 3rd final 150 yards, 3rd of 8, 2 3/4l behind Impatient (8-12) at Kempton 1m (4) pol in Oct.
Moosmee (IRE) 7-4fav (9-9) Led, ridden over 1f out, headed just inside final furlong, no extra, 7th of 14, 4 3/4l behind Its A Given (8-11) at Chelmsford City 6f stks (5) pol in Nov.
Flylikeaneagle (IRE) 11-1 (8-9) Tracked leader, joined leader over 3f out until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 6, 35l behind Convict (8-11) at Newmarket 1m 2f (2) sft in Oct.
