tracked leaders, led approaching final furlong, soon carried left, headed entering final furlong, rallied closing stages, kept on well
tracked leader, driven to challenge over 3f out, every chance over 2f out, weakened approaching final furlong
led, set strong pace, hung left under pressure approaching final furlong, soon headed, no extra closing stages
chased leaders, pushed along halfway, rallied over 2f out, led entering final furlong, soon challenged, stayed on gamely
held up, beaten over 3f out
There may only be five runners in this but four of them arrive in excellent form. Timoshenko bids for a five-timer but has risen 16lb in just over a month and he has been doing all of his winning in Class 6 company. Life On Earth steps up in trip after victories at Lingfield and Windsor but is still improving. Artarmon is also progressive and on a hat-trick but is upped another 6lb. AUSTRIAN SCHOOL (NAP) is giving away lumps of weight but is the class act. He has struggled for pace in his last two runs and a step up to 2m has been on the cards for a while given he won over 1m6f at Chelmsford back in May.
Austrian School (IRE) 6-4fav (8-10) Led, pushed along 3f out, ridden and headed 2f out, lost 2nd over 1f out, soon outpaced, stayed on again towards finish, 3rd of 5, 1 1/2l behind Kelly's Dino (9-3) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Life On Earth (USA) 11-8fav (9-4) Tracked leader, led 8f out, edged left to far side over 1f out, ridden and strongly pressed inside final furlong, always just doing enough, well on top towards finish, won at Windsor 1m 3f hcp fll (4) gf in Jul beating Vampish (8-11) by 1 1/4l, 6 ran.
Artarmon (IRE) 2-1jfav (9-4) Made all, ridden over 1f out, stayed on strongly, unchallenged, won at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in Aug beating Moon of Baroda (9-2) by 2 3/4l, 6 ran.
Timoshenko 1-3fav (9-8) Tracked leaders, went 2nd inside final mile, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, stayed on strongly, won at Chepstow 2m hcp (6) gf in Jul beating Aristocracy (9-4) by 1 3/4l, 8 ran.
Gallus 20-1 (9-2) Tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, lost place inside final 2f, weakened final furlong, 7th of 10, 16 1/2l behind Berkshire Blue (9-2) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f stks (6) pol in Jul.