held up towards rear, ridden and effort on outside over 3f out, no impression and weakened from over 2f out
tracked leaders, 2nd 13f out, challenged 2f out, led over 1f out, soon headed, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
slow to break, held up towards rear, ridden over 4f out, well beaten final 3f
held up in rear, driven along 3f out, soon well beaten
broke well, tracked leaders on inside, ridden and effort over 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong
slowly into stride, soon recovered to go handy, led 14f out, hung right 2f out, headed over 1f out, stayed on same pace inside final furlong
soon led, headed 14f out, tracked leaders, effort and hanging right 2f out
broke well and keen early, soon held up in 5th, headway when switched left but hanging badly right over 2f out, closed to lead over 1f out, continued to hang right, drew clear and stayed on strongly inside final furlong, comfortably
Isharah and Gavlar are the only previous winners over this trip but the former has done all his winning on the All-weather so far and the latter finished behind Cosmelli at Newcastle with neither threatening. A winner over 1m6f in India, Desert God showed a bit more for Richard Hughes last time, while Mister Manduro also won over that trip at Salisbury in May. Mark Johnston has a good recent record in this but Mister Manduro looks high enough in the weights and UAE KING is the more progressive. He’s upped in class as he bids for a hat-trick but there should be more to come over this longer trip and he gets the nod.
Cosmelli (ITY) 100-1 (9-1) Held up towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway over 1f out, kept on same pace towards finish, 8th of 20, 2 3/4l behind Higher Power (9-9) at Newcastle 2m hcp (2) pol in Jul.
Desert God (IND) 8-1 (9-4) Close up, went 2nd over 4f out, edged left over 1f out, kept on same pace final furlong, 4th of 9, 3 1/2l behind King Bolete (9-6) at Windsor 1m 3f hcp (2) gs in Jul.
Isharah (USA) 10-1 (9-6) Fly-jumped start and rider lost iron briefly, soon recovered tracking leaders on inside, weakened over 2f out, last of 8, dist behind Flymetothestars (9-3) at Newcastle 2m hcp (3) pol in May.
Gavlar 40-1 (8-9) Held up mid-division, ridden over 2f out, one pace and no impression, 10th of 20, 4 1/4l behind Higher Power (9-9) at Newcastle 2m hcp (2) pol in Jul.
Wolfcatcher (IRE) 33-1 (9-1) Mid-division, driven to chase leaders on outer over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 11th of 18, 27l behind Thomas Hobson (9-10) at Ascot 2m 4f hcp stks (2) gf in Jun.
Mark Hopkins 8-1 (9-9) Soon tracking leaders on outside racing keenly, challenged 6f out, led 5f out, edged right and headed over 3f out, led again over 2f out, headed well over 1f out, weakened, 8th of 9, 22 3/4l behind Mount Moriah (9-0) at Ascot 1m 6f hcp (3) gd in Jul.
Mister Manduro (FR) 5-1 (9-7) Tracked leaders, driven over 3f out, ridden and one pace over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 10, 7 1/2l behind Zenon (9-2) at Haydock 1m 6f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Uae King 5-4fav (8-13) Raced wide tracked leaders, lost place 10f out, headway 5f out, pushed along 3f out, led over 1f out, ridden out, won at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (4) gf in Jul beating Machine Learner (9-13) by 3/4l, 6 ran.
