dwelt, held up and behind, rapid headway on wide outside from 4f out, led narrowly 2f out, headed inside final furlong, one-paced and held when eased near finish
prominent, pressed leader from halfway, led briefly over 2f out, hung right and weakened entering final furlong
broke well, steadied in rear, no run final 2f, ran on inside final furlong, 3rd and held when hampered near finish
held up and behind, not clear run from over 2f out, headway and squeezed through over 1f out, stayed on under pressure to lead near finish
chased leaders, driven 2f out, no extra
led and raced freely, ridden and headed over 2f out, weakened and losing place when hampered on rail over 1f out
keen hold towards rear, headway on wide outside 3f out, stayed on final furlong, never nearer
prominent, ridden to lead inside final furlong, kept on well under pressure until headed near finish
chased leaders, ridden and chance 2f out, weakened final furlong
A decent looking renewal of this Group 3 event with some high reputations currently held by several rivals likely to be dashed. David Loder's Desert Destiny won what looked a good Newmarket maiden last time and obviously warrants respect but a doubt remains about the form of the stable's horses and a draw in stall two is not ideal. Goodwood winner Wahsheeq lost no caste in defeat in the Acomb at York earlier this month but is again likely to find at least one too good. Dhabyan may not have beaten much when winning at Kempton recently and more solid claims are probably held by John Gosden's Foss Way. The son of Desert Prince still looked green when winning his Goodwood maiden and there could be more to come. However, there will need to be as there was plenty to like about the way Commisssion won on his debut over course and distance. The apple of trainer Gerald Butler's eye, he gets the TEAMtalk vote.
