slowly into stride, headway 4f out to chase leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
held up behind, ridden and headway over 2f out, kept on but no impression approaching final furlong
held up, headway over 2f out and not much room, ridden to lead over 1f out, soon clear
mid-division, ridden 4f out, headway on inner over 2f out, kept on final furlong
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
mid-division, headway over 2f out, soon every chance, ridden well over 1f out, weakened entering final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, stayed on same pace final furlong
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened
chased leaders on outer until lost place over 2f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, not quicken approaching final furlong
Sir Anthony can defy topweight in the nursery, with Sea Hunter, Ariodante and Rockburst worthy opponents. The Bryan Smart stable has not had the best of summers, but had a couple of winners this week and in Sir Anthony, has the likely winner of the finale. He has only raced on good to soft ground so far and so definitely handles the prevailing conditions, and is no stranger to topweight either, having finished second under the burden at Newcastle last time. Lightly raced, he can continue to improve and gets the nod. Sea Hunter was short of room close home at Newmarket last time and has been consistent, while Ariodante ran a bit too keenly in a conditions event at Ascot last time, otherwise he would have finished closer than fourth. Rockburst is another to consider, as she appears to be progressing the right way, and along with the Hannon pair, Spaced and Hallucinate, make this a fairly tough getting out stakes for punters, but we shall row in with Sir Anthony.
