led, ridden and headed over 1f out, beaten when hampered over 1f out, soon eased
raced keenly, tracked leaders on inside, staying on well when carried left and hampered over 1f out, not recover
held, carried head high over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong
prominent, every chance 2f out, soon hung left, held when badly hampered over 1f out
held, headway 2f out, not clear run and hampered over 1f out, stayed on
prominent, slightly hampered just over 2f out, weakened 1f out
steadied start, raced keenly, held, never near leaders
chased leaders, hung left from over 2f out, led and hung badly left well over 1f out, soon headed, not quicken well inside final furlong
raced keenly, mid-division, headway 4f out, ridden well over 2f out, soon struggling
held up, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden out
took keen hold, soon chasing leaders, weakened over 3f out
In an interesting nursery, Lady Grace gets the call ahead of Ghost Dancer and Billy Dane. Lady Grace has a likeable profile for this race, having stepped up on an eyecatching debut at Kempton to win a maiden at the same venue. She looks to be on the up and also looks set to play her part in this race. Ghost Dancer's second to King Charles at Lingfield last time has since been given another boost so he has to be seriously considered. Averticus has shown gradual improvement, winning at Yarmouth last time, and cannot be overlooked even though this is his all-weather debut. Dubai Magic returns to the all-weather after some fair Turf runs and it could yet show him in a better light, while Heywood, who has run well at Lingfield, has already won twice this season and was not disgraced behind King Charles at Newmarket last time. Billy Dane's only win to date came here and he has also to be considered, while the beautifully-bred Leopard King now tries a visor and a step up in trip in order to get the best from him. The tactics could yet work but, for today, we will side with Lady Grace.
Leopard King (USA) 4-1fav (9-0) With leaders, ridden to lead approaching 1f out, headed and no extra inside final furlong, 3rd of 15, 2l behind Captain Marvelous (9-7) at Newbury 6f 2yo hcp (2) gd in Sept.
Billy Dane (IRE) 50-1 (8-11) Mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon ridden, weakened inside final furlong, 7th of 19, 9l behind Doctor Brown (8-11) at York 6f 2yo aut (2) sft in Aug.
Heywood 9-1 (9-4) Raced stand's side, slowly into stride, held up, headway and edged right over 2f out, chased leaders over 1f out, kept on same pace, 6th of 9, 4 1/2l behind King Charles (8-13) at Newmarket 1m 2yo hcp (2) gf in Sept.
Lady Grace (IRE) 5-2 (9-0) In touch, headway and got through on inside rail over 2f out, led 2f out, in command over 1f out, pushed out, won at Kempton 7f 2yo fll mdn aut (6) pol in Sept beating Elusive Flash (9-0) by 1 1/2l, 11 ran.
Averticus 6-4fav (9-3) Made all, shaken up over 1f out, ran on, won at Yarmouth 6f 2yo mdn (5) gd in Sept beating Danny Templeton (9-3) by 1 1/2l, 7 ran.
Monkey Glas (IRE) 4-1 (8-11) Held up, lost pace over 3f out, ridden and kept on final 2f, never troubled leaders, 7th of 12, 8l behind Fractured Foxy (7-7) at Catterick 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gf in Sept.
Orpen Prince (IRE) 9-2fav (9-0) Prominent, ridden to challenge over 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 11th of 13, 12l behind Hart of Gold (9-7) at Southwell 7f 2yo hcp 0-85 (4) gd in Sept.
Ghost Dancer 15-2 (9-4) Held up, headway 2f out, chased easy winner inside final furlong, no impression, 2nd of 13, 3 1/2l behind King Charles (9-9) at Lingfield 7f 2yo hcp 0-75 (5) pol in Sept.
