towards rear, pushed along over 5f out, soon weakened, virtually pulled up final furlong
steadied at start and held up in rear, headway over 3f out, switched right and driven over 1f out, stayed on final furlong
led, ridden and headed over 3f out, staying on until weakened final furlong
tracked leader, led over 3f out, driven over 1f out, kept on gamely final furlong
held up, ridden over 4f out, eased over 3f out, pulled up over 2f out
in touch, ridden along over 2f out, headway and every chance approaching final furlong, kept on
Horses who have never achieved their full potential is how you could describe most of the contenders here. Soapy Danger and Munsef are top rated but the race is not likely to evolve solely around them however, with Mark Johnson having his horses pretty forward we will side with his contender Soapy Danger. Two seasons back Soapy Danger was a high class three year old, winning the Queen's Vase before an enforced absence meant he only made his racecourse reappearence as a four year old in September last season. His final start of last season was in a French Group 1 over 2m which would initiate worries that this will be on the sharp side. While it is likely to be, connections are likely to make plenty of use of him here. He has proved quite a hard horse to get fit so the market should prove an effective guide of what is expected of this classy individual. Soapy Danger and Munsef clashed at Newmarket in October when Munsef, an unfancied 14/1 shot in that contest stayed on past the better fancied Soapy Danger who in effect set the race up for the remainder. That would be the worry here but Munsef is 4lb worse off and not the most straight forward. The Last Drop, runner up in the 2006 St Leger, has not progressed as was expected but is back to a level at which he can be competitive. He has proved that he does go well fresh and is a big danger to our selection, Soapy Danger.
Munsef 14-1 (9-0) Mid-division, not clear run and switched left over 1f out, ran on towards finish, 2nd of 8, hd behind Galactic Star (9-0) at Newmarket 1m 4f lst stk (1) gd in Oct.
Carte Diamond (USA) (8-5) Rear early and ridden, headway 2f out, finished well, 9th of 18, 4l behind Railings (8-3) at Caulfield 1m 4f Grp 1 gd in Oct '05.
Come On Jonny (IRE) 20-1 (9-7) In touch, ridden to lead over 2f out, soon headed, weakened approaching final furlong, 11th of 20, 14l behind Group Captain (9-5) at Windsor 1m 4f hcap (2) gs in Nov '06.
Soapy Danger (9-4) Held up, headway to lead over 2f out, soon headed and one pace, 8th of 11, 4 1/2l behind Allegretto (9-1) at Longchamp 1m 7f Grp 1 gd in Oct.
The Last Drop (IRE) 14-1 (9-1) Tracked leaders, ridden 4f out, soon weakened, last of 12, 48l behind Purple Moon (9-1) at Goodwood 1m 4f lst stk (1) gf in Aug.
Furmigadelagiusta 3-1fav (9-4) Led early, tracked leader, ridden and hung left over 1f out, ran on inside final furlong to lead final strides, won at W'hampton 1m 4f hcp 0-90 (3) pol in Oct beating Music Review (8-5) by a hd, 6 ran.
