led, ridden and quickened 3f out, narrowly headed well over 2f out, stayed pressing leader, hard driven final furlong, rallied gamely to lead final strides
held up in touch, headway on outside 3f out, driven to challenge and every chance aproaching final furlong, soon one pace and faded towards finish
held up, always in rear, no chance final 2f
tracked leaders, ridden 2f out, one pace from over 1f out
tracked leader, led narrowly going well over 2f out, hard pressed and kept on well final furlong, headed final strides
raced keenly, tracked leaders, ridden to press leaders over 1f out, unable to quicken final furlong
held up, pushed along 4f out, weakened over 2f out
held up in rear, effort on outside 2f out, kept on final furlong, never going pace to challenge
A very good - and interesting - line-up for this Listed Race and possible winners include Gateman, Vanderlin, Beauchamp Pilot and Binary Vision, but we will side, albeit narrowly, with Vanderlin. Working on formlines with Kalaman, Vanderlin just shades the argument with Gateman, and the pair are also very closely weighted based on their Diomed Stakes runs at Epsom last time. There should not be too much between them again and they can go well. Beauchamp Pilot was also only a length behind the pair at Epsom and, with his stable now among the winners again, can also be considered. Babadona has around four lengths to find with Gateman based on Sandown April form, but is two-pounds better off, while Shot To Fame is on the up, having won his last two races, but has a good few pounds still to find on official ratings, as does Excelsius. The beautifully-bred Sir Michael Stoute runner, Always First, and John Gosden's half-brother to Binary File, Binary Vision, each showed a good deal of promise when winning on their sole starts to date and are likeable types, but this represents a hike in class for them. As we have indicated, it;it's a tight affair but, with his stable on fire at present, Andrew Balding's Vanderlin gets the vote.
