held up last, closer order in 5th halfway, pushed along 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out
tracked leading pair on inside, pushed along 3f out, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, stayed on to dead heat for 2nd post, no chance with comfortable winner
soon led and set steady pace, pushed along and quickened over 1f out, in command final furlong, stayed on well, comfortably
chased winner, ridden and not quicken over 1f out, no impression when hung right inside final furlong, joined for 2nd post
took keen hold, held up tracing leading trio until dropped to last halfway, outpaced and raced awkwardly over 2f out
Smileswithhiseyes and Glacial Age may find this too competitive having won maidens on the all-weather recently. Jalaa made a winning debut at Leicester but never figured in the Chesham at Ascot in June and is having his first race since. Mujazif ended last year with a maiden victory at Newmarket and is held in high regard judged on entries in the 2000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes. The latter race is also a target for QUEENSBERRY RULES who scored in good style at Kempton earlier this month on his introduction. Ryan Moore keeps the winning partnership intact and the Teofilo colt is fancied to land this with normal progress.
Jalaa (IRE) 11-4 (9-3) Tracked leaders, ridden inside final 2f, kept on same pace, no impression final furlong, 8th of 14, 8l behind Tha'ir (9-3) at Royal Ascot 7f Listed stks 2yo (1) gs in Jun.
Mujazif (IRE) 3-1 (9-3) In touch, steady headway from over 3f out to lead approaching 2f out, ridden clear approaching final furlong, edged left and eased inside final furlong, won at Newmarket 1m 2yo mdn (4) sft in Oct beating Havana Cooler (9-0) by 3l, 11 ran.
Queensberry Rules (IRE) 11-2 (8-13) Mid-division, good headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, pushed along and ran on, won at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol beating Frasers Hill (10-0) by 1/2l, 13 ran.
Glacial Age (IRE) 8-11fav (8-6) Tracked leaders, went 2nd going well over 3f out, led over 2f out, clear over 1f out, comfortably, won at Southwell 1m mdn auc stks (6) fbs beating San Gabriel (8-6) by 11l, 7 ran.
Smileswithhiseyes (IRE) 9-4 (9-3) Tracked leading pair, driven and headway to lead over 1f out, soon ridden, ran on well, clear when edged right towards finish, won at Kempton 1m 3yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Jan beating Ningara (9-7) by 2 1/2l, 3 ran.
