held up in rear, 5th halfway, pushed along and not clear run on inner in 4th over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong to go 3rd close home
tracked leader, 2nd halfway, pushed along entering straight and led under 2f out, ridden to assert over 1f out and 3 lengths clear 150 yards out, kept on
tracked leaders, 4th halfway, ridden 2f out and no impression in 5th over 1f out, kept on one pace inside final furlong
tracked leaders, 3rd halfway, pushed along and no impression over 1f out, ridden to go 2nd 150 yards out, kept on well
led, pushed along approaching straight and headed under 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
Ryan Moore prefers Us Army Ranger to the older Bondi Beach and maiden winner Tree of Knowledge, despite his mount disappointing in a Group 3 at the Curragh last time. He was well beaten by Success Days on that occasion and the latter had earlier finished behind ZHUKOVA. Dermot Weld’s filly went on to land a Group 3 at Naas in May when beating a couple of subsequent pattern winners by over seven lengths and she gets the nod to make a winning return after a lay-off. Third in the Irish Derby, Stellar Mass has won both starts since and is not out of this either.
Bondi Beach (IRE) 5-4fav (9-12) Held up 5th, driven 1 1/2f out, progress to 4th over 1f out, headway to 3rd final 150 yards, soon ridden, kept on, not trouble leaders, 3rd of 6, 2l behind Stellar Mass (8-12) at Leopardstown 1m 4f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Aug.
Zhukova (IRE) 11-10fav (9-9) Chased leader in 2nd early, 3rd after 3f, ridden along in 3rd entering straight, headway to lead 1 1/2f out, went clear 1f out, stayed on strongly final furlong, comfortably, won at Naas 1m 2f Grp 3 fll stks (1) Yielding - Soft in May beating Pretty Perfect (8-9) by 7 1/2l, 6 ran.
Stellar Mass (IRE) 7-2 (8-12) Settled 4th, driven 2f out, ridden and headway to 2nd 1f out, stayed on well to lead narrowly final 100 yards, kept on best, won at Leopardstown 1m 4f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Aug beating Almela (9-6) by 1/2l, 6 ran.
Us Army Ranger (IRE) Evensfav (9-4) Slowly into stride, held up in last, headway into 4th on outer 3f out, ridden in 5th on outer 2f out, 5th 1f out, kept on without threatening leaders to go 4th near line, 4th of 7, 4l behind Success Days (9-9) at Curragh 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) Yielding in Aug.
Tree Of Knowledge (IRE) Evensfav (9-5) Broke well and made all, pushed along 2f out, soon ridden clear, stayed on well final furlong, comfortably, won at Gowran Park 1m 1f mdn gd in Aug beating Ample Sufficiency (9-5) by 3 3/4l, 10 ran.
