tracked leader, effort over 2f out, soon one paced, weakening when eased final furlong
led, hard driven when headed over 2f out, rallied and every chance over 1f out, led again inside final furlong, stayed on well
steadied in 3rd, keen early, smooth progress to lead over 2f out, soon hard pressed, headed inside final furlong, no extra
NonRunner
Poet's Society was due to run last night at Goodwood so this small field could be reduced further. MONAADHIL has won two of his three starts and was second in the other. He hasn’t raced since November but is potentially well treated on a mark of 83 and can get the better of Isomer, placed at Kempton and Newmarket earlier this year before run poorly at York. Chevallier hasn’t won on Turf in more than two years but is still 11lb higher.
Chevallier 25-1 (9-8) Keen close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, tailed off, last of 13, dist behind Chiefofchiefs (8-12) at Sandown 1m hcp (3) gd in May.
Poet's Society 6-1 (9-1) Prominent, ridden to challenge over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 3rd of 11, 1l behind Scofflaw (8-8) at Catterick 7f hcp (3) gd in Jun.
Monaadhil (IRE) 9-2jfav (9-0) Chased leaders on inside, went 2nd over 1f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, stayed on well, won at Nottingham 1m hcp (4) gd in Nov beating Rosarno (9-1) by 2l, 10 ran.
Isomer (USA) 7-1 (8-8) Held up, ridden over 2f out, never a factor, last of 10, 9 1/4l behind Afaak (9-1) at York 1m hcp (2) gf in May.
