broke smartly, led, ridden and headed narrowly entering final furlong, rallied to lead again towards finish, gamely
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong
held up, ridden over 2f out, headway to chase leading pair over 1f out, no impression final furlong
in touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out
keen tracked winner, ridden to lead narrowly entering final furlong, soon edged right, headed towards finish
Nonrunner
Official ratings suggest this should be no problem for SOVEREIGN DEBT, who takes a mighty drop in grade after three Group 1 runs. The best of them came when defying an 80/1 starting price and producing an incredible run behind Farhh in the Lockinge and he certainly hasn't been disgraced in the Queen Anne Stakes and the July Cup. Premio Loco is rated 1lb below him and has to concede 11lb so has it all to do but he hasn't won 15 races without defying the assessor a few times and the fact that he won the Group 2 Celebration Mile last year is a great testimony to him. Mister Music has been out of form for some time but ran a superb race in the Betfred Mile a year ago.
Premio Loco (USA) 16-1 (9-1) Tracked leading pair until over 2f out, weakened well over 1f out, eased when no chance inside final furlong, 10th of 11, 10l behind Aljamaaheer (9-1) at Ascot 1m Grp 2 (1) gf in Jul.
Proud Chieftain 10-1 (9-11) Held up, headway over 2f out, ridden and no impression final furlong, 6th of 11, 4l behind Nabucco (9-5) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp 0-100 (2) gd in Jun.
Bancnuanaheireann (IRE) 8-1 (9-8) Took keen hold, held up in last pair in steadily run race, pushed along over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, never going pace to get competitive, 6th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Asatir (9-9) at Salisbury 1m hcp 0-100 (2) gf in Jun.
Mister Music 17-2 (9-6) Held up, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 14, 16l behind Vainglory (8-9) at Epsom Downs 1m hcp 0-105 (2) gs in May.
Sovereign Debt (IRE) 25-1 (9-5) Chased leaders in centre, merged across to stands side after 1f, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened, 9th of 11, 12l behind Lethal Force (9-5) at Newmarket 6f Grp 1 (1) gf in Jul.
Storm King 12-1 (9-1) Broke well, held up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 28l behind Fire Ship (9-1) at Pontefract 1m Listed stks 3yo (1) gs in Jul.
