led, veered left 5f out, ridden over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, rallied to lead post
with winner, hampered 5f out, ridden 2f out, led inside final furlong, headed post
prominent, hampered 5f out, ridden 3f out, weakened final furlong
dwelt, held up, ridden 3f out, one pace from over 1f out
held up in rear, not much room over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace from over 1f out
held up in rear, short of room over 4f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer
Primary has already shown us what he can do and David Loder's juvenile can follow up against a host of newcomers including Papal Bull, Rajaall and Capricorn Run. The latter is trained by Saeed Bin Suroor who sent out Storm Silk to land the spoils 12 months ago, and Capricorn Run could be anything. With a purchase price of $950,000, he will be expected to open his account in good company soon, but we much prefer the claims of Primary who displayed a willing attitude when making all the running on his Leicester debut recently. He knuckled down to work when Shane Kelly asked him to quicken from the front and was impressive despite the slower conditions. His action showed that he will be even better on this faster ground and it will take a good one to stop him from following up. He has entries in the Royal Lodge, Dewhurst, Racing Post Trophy and next year's Vodafone Derby and is one to follow. Papal Bull also hold a Derby entry and it will be interesting to see if he has inherited any of his sire Montjeu's kinks on his debut. He is worth noting though along with Rajaall, a half-brother to plenty of winners. The only other one here to have seen the racecourse is Alhaiham who should improve on his course and distance debut, but really this should be plain sailing for the highly-rated Primary.
Primary (USA) 9-2 (9-0) Made all, edged left and ran on final furlong, won at Leicester 7f 2yo mdn (4) gs in Aug beating Conkering (9-0) by 3l, 12 ran.
Alhaitham (USA) 14-1 (9-0) Towards rear, pushed along 3f out, headway and not clear run 1f out, ran on inside final furlong, nearest finish, 6th of 14, 4 1/2l behind Flight Captain (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Aug.
Altilhar (USA) Dynaformer colt out of 7f-1m winner Al Desima.
Capricorn Run (USA) Elusive Quality colt, half-brother to 5f & 1m winner Ladies Precept and winning milers Nasa and Crafty Buc.
Olympian Odyssey Sadler's Wells colt out of Group 1 winning miler Field of Hope.
Papal Bull Montjeu colt out of a lightly-raced Italian mare.
Rajaall Royal Applause colt, half-brother to numerous winners, notably Group 1 winner Imperial Dancer.
Spring in His Step (USA) Mr Greeley colt, half-brother to winners in the USA.
