raced keenly, held up in touch, chased leaders over 5f out, ridden to challenge over 2f out, edged left entering final furlong, kept on under pressure
pulled hard, held up in touch, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 2f out
always behind, weakened over 2f out
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, faded closing stages
held up in rear, headway over 2f out, hard ridden to challenge entering final furlong, stayed on same pace towards finish
made all, hard driven over 2f out, strongly challenged entering final furlong, stayed on gamely
tracked leader, hard driven over 3f out, soon lost place, rallied over 1f out, never able to challenge
took keen hold, tracked leader, ridden and effort over 2f out, faded inside final furlong
Cavalryman ran in both the Coronation Cup and the Juddmonte International last year and was fourth on his reappearance in the Brigadier Gerard at Sandown. But he's yet to get his head in front for Saeed Bin Suroor, who is struggling for winners at present. Sabotage is also passed over on that account, while Afsare has proved disappointing this season. Allied Powers usually finds at least one too good at this level while Alwaary, Anmar and Jukebox Jury are all returning from lengthy breaks, though the latter is very capable of running well fresh and won an admittedly sub-standard Group 2 on the Rowley Mile course here just over a year ago. VERDANT was confined to handicaps last year and is taking a while to adapt to life at this higher level. But Sir Michael Stoute's colt is still improving and could progress enough on his third to Alainmaar at Ascot to take this.
Afsare 12-1 (9-0) Keen close up, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace, 5th of 8, 14l behind Workforce (9-7) at Sandown 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) gs in May.
Allied Powers (IRE) 12-1 (8-11) Midfield, ridden and outpaced 2f out, ran on strongly close home, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Silver Pond (8-11) at Chantilly(FR) 1m 4f Grp 2 (1) sft.
Alwaary (USA) 33-1 (9-3) In rear, ridden and weakened 2f out, last of 10, 30l behind Twice Over (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 2f Grp 1 (1) gs in Oct.
Anmar (USA) 25-1 (8-13) 11th of 16, 10l behind Dar Re Mi (8-9) at Meydan(UAE) 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gf in Mar '10.
Cavalryman 10-1 (9-0) In rear, ridden and headway 2f out, no impression after, 4th of 8, 14l behind Workforce (9-7) at Sandown 1m 2f Grp 3 (1) gs in May.
Jukebox Jury (IRE) 5-1 (9-6) 4th of 6, 1l behind Campanologist (9-6) at Hamburg(GER) 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Jul.
Sabotage (UAE) 12-1 (8-13) 5th of 11, 7l behind Whispering Gallery (8-13) at Meydan(UAE) 2m Grp 3 (1) gd in Mar.
Verdant 2-1 (8-12) Held up in last pair, headway on inside 3f out, hanging right when switched left over 2f out, soon no impression, went modest 3rd final 150 yards, 3rd of 6, 7l behind Alainmaar (8-12) at Ascot 1m 4f Listed Stakes (4yo+) (1) gf in May.
