held up towards rear, never involved
tracked leader, led 1f out, ridden and headed inside final 150 yards, weakened well inside final fuirlong
tracked leaders, ridden to lead inside final 150 yards, kept on well
switched left start, held up well in rear, headway on inside over 1f out, not clear run and switched left inside final furlong, never dangerous after
in touch in mid-division, travelling well on inside 2f out, ridden chasing leaders and every chance inside final furlong, no extra and lost 2 places close home
slowly into stride, took keen hold and held up towards rear, headway under pressure over 1f out, not clearest of runs inside final furlong, finished well, not reach leaders
always towards rear and never on terms
mid-division, headway under pressure over 1f out, chased leaders inside final furlong, stayed on into 3rd close home, not quite pace to challenge
steadied start, held up towards rear, headway over 1f out, kept on under pressure towards finish, not pace to challenge
slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders on inside, 3rd going well 2f out, ridden and every chance entering final furlong, weakened and eased well inside final furlong
led, pushed along and joined 2f out, ridden and headed approaching final furlong, weakened inside final furlong
took keen hold, raced wide towards rear, ridden on outside over 1f out, strong run inside final furlong, 2nd towards finish, finished well, not reach winner
There was little between Pack Together and Alfajer when they filled the places in a Listed race at Ascot recently but the latter is a previous course winner. Dusky Queen is penalised for an earlier Listed win at Chester but REKDHAT ran well in a Group 3 in Turkey last month behind Godolphin's Local Time, rated 100. The former should go close with a similar effort while Godolphin run classified stakes winner Very Special in this and she could figure with further progress likely. Invoke and Clarentine have been winning handicaps of late but both will find this much tougher.
Dusky Queen (IRE) 9-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders in 4th, weakened over 1f out, 5th of 7, 8l behind Zarwaan (9-0) at Redcar 7f lst stks (1) gd in Oct.
Invoke (IRE) 13-8fav (9-7) Tracked leader, driven to lead 2f out, ridden over 1f out, stayed on well final furlong, won at Musselburgh 7f hcp fll (3) gf in Sep beating Pretty Bubbles (9-7) by 1l, 5 ran.
Lamar (IRE) 33-1 (8-12) Raced near side, led group until 2f out, weakened quickly, 25th of 30, 26 3/4l behind Gm Hopkins (9-3) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) gf in Jun.
Rekdhat (IRE) (9-6) 2nd of 9, 1l behind Local Time (8-13) at Veliefendi 1m Grp 3 (1) gd in Sep.
Saucy Minx (IRE) 12-1 (8-13) Raced centre, tracked leaders, weakened entering final 2f, 8th of 12, 13 1/4l behind Sir Robert Cheval (9-2) at Ascot 1m stks (3) gd in Oct.
Alfajer 25-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, headway 2f out, soon switched left, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, went 3rd last stride, 3rd of 12, 3/4l behind Pelerin (9-0) at Ascot 7f lst fll stks (1) gd in Oct.
Arethusa 11-1 (9-3) In rear, headway over 1f out, kept on inside final furlong, 3rd of 10, 2 1/2l behind Fly (8-7) at Kempton 1m hcp fll (4) pol in Sep.
Clarentine 4-1fav (9-3) Prominent, led over 3f out, clear inside final furlong, easily, won at Chelmsford City 1m hcp (5) pol in Oct beating Boarding Party (8-11) by 3l, 10 ran.
Pack Together 8-1 (8-12) Held up towards rear, headway over 2f out, chasing leaders when not clear run and switched right over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, went 2nd towards finish and closed, not reach winner, 2nd of 12, 1/2l behind Pelerin (9-0) at Ascot 7f lst fll stks (1) gd in Oct.
Rive Gauche 20-1 (8-12) Tracked leaders, ridden and weakened over 2f out, last of 14, 36 1/4l behind Chain Of Daisies (8-12) at Newmarket 1m 2f lst fll stks (1) gs in Oct.
Taaqah (USA) (8-11) 2nd of 10, 2l behind Amabelle (8-11) at Hannover 1m lst stks (1) gs in Sep.
Very Special (IRE) 4-9fav (9-0) Steadied start, raced awkwardly, tracked leaders, headway to press leader over 1f out, shaken up to lead inside final furlong, ran on, comfortable, won at Kempton 1m fll stks (2) pol in Apr beating Teosroyal (9-0) by 2l, 4 ran.
