held up, headway over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, no chance with winner
tracked leader, led over 3f out, headed over 2f out, one pace
raced keen, led, headed over 3f out, behind final 2f
held up in touch, led over 2f out, shaken up over 1f out, soon clear, comfortably
Easily the most valuable race on the card has cut up badly and it will be a surprise if Dubai Destination fails to make a winning return at the main expense of Binary File. Godolphin's lightly raced four-year-old had Classic aspirations after a defeat of Rock of Gibraltar in the Group 2 Champagne Stakes at Doncaster as a juvenile in September 2001. However, injury problems restricted his three-year-old campaign to just one outing, when a creditable runner-up behind the ill-fated Coshocton at Goodwood over a year ago. Reportedly working well ahead of his much-heralded return, this looks a good starting point for the classy son of Kingmambo before tackling top Pattern events in the coming months. Binary File showed himself to be a smart performer last term having landed a York Listed event before finishing an honourable runner-up in a Group 2 in France on his final start in October. There should be more to come from this progressive type but he will surely struggle to give the selection 10lb while Cornelius is a tough handicapper at his best but looks out of his depth at this level.
