made all, going easily over 2f out, shaken up over 1f out, drew clear inside final furlong, won going away
held up, headway 3f out, disputing second 2f out, no extra inside final furlong
in rear, ridden over 2f out, no impression approaching final furlong
tracked leaders, pushed along 3f out, kept on at same pace from over 1f out
chased leaders, ridden over 2f out, lost position but kept on to regain second inside final furlong
midfield, badly outpaced 3f out, soon beaten
Roger Varian sent out the winner of this two years ago and introduces the Pivotal colt Marreyr, who is a half-brother to useful miler Hors De Combat. But Hugo Palmer has run five three-year-olds here in the last five years and all-but-one has won which is a huge pointer to the chances of IMRAHOR (NAP), who finished second at Newbury on his debut around this time last season and again at Newmarket in June when ahead of a subsequent winner. Yukon shaped with real promise at Redcar last month and is one to note while De Sousa rides stablemate Redshank. En Couleur was finishing with purpose over 7f at Southwell in March so will appreciate the extra, though hasn’t raced since.
Hoylake 10-1 (9-5) Not much room start, rear of mid-division, pushed along over 3f out, headway over 2f out, went 4th over 1f out, hung right inside final furlong, never dangerous, 4th of 13, 5 1/2l behind Bobby Shaft (9-9) at Newcastle 7f mdn stks (6) pol in Sep.
Imrahor 10-3 (9-2) Close up, headway 3f out, ridden and every chance from over 1f out, not quicken towards finish, 2nd of 8, 1 3/4l behind Al Mutathar (9-2) at Newmarket 1m stks (5) gd in Jun.
Marreyr Pivotal colt out of Maid For Winning.
Redshank (USA) (9-2) 7th of 13, 9 1/4l behind Hurricane Cloud (9-2) at Saint-Cloud 1m mdn stks sft in May.
Yukon (IRE) 6-1 (9-2) Held up in mid-division, headway when not much room over 2f out, green over 1f out, kept on final 100 yards, 5th of 12, 1 3/4l behind Bonneval (9-2) at Redcar 1m stks (5) sft in Aug.
Finally Mine (USA) 33-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, chased leaders on inside, took keen hold, outpaced over 2f out, soon weakened, 6th of 7, 12 1/2l behind Golden Pass (9-0) at Beverley 1m 2f mdn fll stks (5) gd in Jun.
Pynkamix 200-1 (8-11) Held up, pushed along and weakened over 2f out, 11th of 13, dist behind Faisal (9-9) at Wolverhampton 1m 1f stks (5) pol in Sep.
En Couleur 50-1 (8-12) Slow into stride, raced wide outpaced, headway 3f out, ran on final furlong, went 3rd towards finish, 3rd of 10, 3 3/4l behind Blackcastle Storm (8-12) at Southwell 7f mdn stks (5) pol in Mar.
