tracked leaders, outpaced over 1f out, soon ridden, kept on inside final furlong, no impression
held up behind, ridden inside final furlong, never a threat
mid-division, ridden inside final 2f, kept on same pace, never on terms
tracked leaders, went 2nd 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to challenge inside final furlong, led narrowly towards finish, just held on
mid-division, headway when not clear run inside final 2f, switched outside over 1f out, ridden and ran on strongly inside final furlong, just failed
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression when slightly hampered inside final furlong
led, ridden over 1f out, kept on when hard pressed inside final furlong, headed towards finish
towards rear, headway over 1f out, soon ridden, one pace when not much room inside final furlong, switched outside and kept on towards finish, not reach leaders
pressed leader, driven over 2f out, soon lost place, weakened over 1f out
tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression inside final furlong
behind, outpaced over 2f out, never dangerous
dwelt, in rear, outpaced over 2f out, never involved
Zwayyan and Fire Brigade finished practically upsides at the Shergar Cup meeting at Ascot and could both go well. War Glory was narrowly beaten at Haydock recently but is proving hard to win with while Glory Awaits won a lower grade race over track and trip before finishing last at Newmarket. PACTOLUS (NAP) has won four times here and went close again over course and distance last week when runner-up in a tougher handicap than this. Racing off the same mark today, he gets the vote. Unsuccessful in Hong Kong, Knife Edge has joined James Fanshawe on his return to the UK and was good enough to win the German 2000 Guineas back in 2016 when trained by Marco Botti. The latter also runs a new inmate in this in the shape of Azzeccagarbugli, a prolific winner in Italy.
Azzeccagarbugli (IRE) (9-5) won at San Siro 7f hcp gf in Jun beating Denaar (8-2) by 1/2l, 8 ran.
Knife Edge (IRE) (8-10) last of 13, 26 1/4l behind Citron Spirit (8-8) at Sha Tin 1m gd in Oct.
Pactolus (IRE) 10-1 (9-6) Dwelt, held up towards rear, headway on inside when not clear run over 1f out, soon switched right, ran on inside final furlong, went 2nd well inside final furlong, not reach winner, 2nd of 9, 1/2l behind Rufus King (9-1) at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (2) pol in Aug.
Zwayyan 8-1 (9-9) Always close up, ridden over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 1 1/4l behind Via Serendipity (9-9) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gd in Aug.
Greatest Journey 14-1 (9-3) Held up in touch, headway over 2f out, led final furlong, kept on and headed close home, 2nd of 7, shd behind Nonios (9-0) at Chelmsford City 1m 2f hcp (2) pol in Mar.
Fire Brigade 10-1 (9-11) Held up in mid-division, headway on outside over 1f out, ridden and not quicken inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 1 1/2l behind Via Serendipity (9-9) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gd in Aug.
War Glory (IRE) 7-2 (9-7) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed and no extra last strides, 2nd of 7, nk behind Alemaratalyoum (9-0) at Haydock 1m hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Manson 10-1 (9-11) Held up in last pair, headway on outside 3f out, chased leaders over 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, 6th of 12, 6 1/4l behind The Night Porter (8-11) at Goodwood 1m 1f hcp (3) gf in Aug.
Malaspina (ITY) 12-1 (10-1) Went right start, keen, led over 6f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened, 5th of 6, 5 1/4l behind Considered Opinion (9-11) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f hcp (4) pol in Aug.
Glory Awaits (IRE) 10-1 (9-7) Led, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong, last of 9, 8l behind Big Storm Coming (9-7) at Newmarket 7f hcp (4) gf in Aug.
First Flight (IRE) 4-1 (9-9) Slowly into stride, held up in 6th, pushed along over 2f out, headway when not much room over 1f out, no extra inside final 100 yards, 6th of 7, 4 3/4l behind Pumaflor (8-2) at Pontefract 1m hcp (4) gf in Aug.
Sans Souci Bay 33-1 (9-3) Missed break, detached in rear, made up lost ground after 3f, outpaced 2f out, ridden over 1f out, never able to challenge, 8th of 10, 5 3/4l behind Warsaw Road (9-8) at Chelmsford City 7f hcp (3) pol in Aug.
