Racecards
15:20 Kempton Park
Milcars September Stakes (Class A)
- 6 Runners
- Distance: 1m 4f
- Going: Good to Firm, Firm in places
Asian Heights
104- Form 1/21-1
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
held up in 5th, switched left to outside over 2f out, quickened to lead well inside final furlong, comfortably
- Form 120-126
- Age 4
- Weight 9-3
- Trainer Sir Mark Prescott
- Jockey S Sanders
led, ridden over 3f out, narrowly headed 2f out, headed well inside final furlong, not quicken
Naheef (IRE)
14- Form 112-001
- Age 3
- Weight 8-11
- Trainer S bin Suroor
- Jockey Ted Durcan
keen hold, held up in touch, ridden along well 2f out, soon beaten
- Form 013016
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer T Mills
- Jockey J Paulielo
keen hold, held up behind leading pair, driven to challenge from 2f out, ran on one-paced under pressure final furlong
- Form 3211-
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer P & O Cole
- Jockey J Quinn
held up in rear, ridden along over 2f out, soon no extra
Leadership
17- Form 0-51331
- Age 3
- Weight 8-8
- Trainer Sir Michael Stoute
- Jockey Richard Hughes
tracked leader, led 2f out, headed final furlong, not quicken close home
Previous results
In depth
Verdict
A small, but select field for this valuable prize. Asian Heights looks the one to beat. Lightly raced for a four-year-old, he is still open to plenty of improvement and he can prove too strong for Naheef, who bounced back to form at Windsor last time, having been outclassed in both the 2000 Guineas and the Derby. This is more his level and he looks sure to run well. It would be dangerous to underestimate the progressive Foreign Affairs and he should run well without being quite good enough to win, while the three-year-old Leadership is certainly going the right way and can make his presence felt.