held up mid-division, ridden halfway, never dangerous
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace final furlong
led, ridden and headed inside final furlong, no extra
slowly into stride, held up, pulled hard, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on, never nearer
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up mid-division, headway on inside over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
behind, ridden halfway, never dangerous
held up in touch, headway when hampered over 1f out, not recover
held up, headway approaching final furlong, hung right under pressure inside final furlong, ran on
held up, ridden over 2f out, never dangerous
always prominent, driven to challenge over 2f out, led inside final furlong, ran on
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
held up in touch, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
held up, not clear run over 2f out, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on
slowly into stride, behind until some late headway, never nearer
This promises to be an outstanding contest, with Choisir and Airwave doing battle once again; we just fancy Henry Candy's filly to reverse their Golden Jubilee form; Oasis Dream and Acclamation look to be the best of the rest. Choisir took the British sprinting division by storm in the space of a week at Royal Ascot, following his Kings Stand victory with a course record success in the Golden Jubilee Stakes over this trip. On the first occasion he was a length ahead of Acclamation, with Oasis Dream a length and a half away in third place. Acclamation was stopped in his run at a crucial point and flew home late in the day. He would have gone closer with a clear run, is still improving and is likely to play a big role once again here. Oasis Dream was having his first run of the season, is likely to prove better over this extra furlong and is certainly capable of better. However, the Australian colt put up an even better performance when landing the Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes by half a length from Airwave in what was arguably the race of the meeting. Henry Candy's filly, favourite that day, appeared not quite to let herself down on the extremely fast ground and it is possible she didn't quite run up to the form she showed when handing Russian Rhythm a beating in last year's Cheveley Park Stakes. There may be more to come from this exceptional filly, and with Kieren Fallon in the plate, we take her to reverse form with Choisir
