raced wide close up, weakened and eased entering final 4f, tailed off
dwelt soon recovered to lead after 2f, clear over 4f out, ridden and joined from over 1f out, driven and headed narrowly inside final furlong, ran on
tracked leaders, chased clear leader 4f out, ridden to join leader and edged left from over 1f out, driven to lead narrowly inside final furlong, ran on
tracked leaders, ridden over 3f out, weakened over 1f out
held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders over 2f out, weakened final furlong
led 2f, tracked leader until ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f outr
in rear, ridden 4f out, weakened over 2f out
held up towards rear, headway over 3f out, soon ridden, weakened final furlong
Nonrunner
None of these are easily dismissed though Swing Easy is facing a tough task on his first start since 2013. Prescience narrowly beat Aussie Andre at Kempton last month and the latter finished just ahead of Keep In Line when second at Ascot recently. It was soft ground over 1m5f here when Satellite won with a stack in hand but he's upped 7lb. Plutocracy went close on the all-weather last time and Perrault is preferred to stablemate Sweet Dream. But PRIORS BROOK was having only his second start of the year when scoring at Chepstow and, with further progress expected over this longer trip, Andrew Balding's charge gets a tentative vote.
Swing Easy 7-2fav (9-7) Made all, clear 3f out until over 1f out, strongly pressed under pressure near finish, kept on gamely, all out, won at Salisbury 1m 2f hcp (4) gf in May beating Pether's Moon (9-7) by hd, 8 ran.
Satellite (IRE) 5-1 (9-7) Slowly into stride, soon tracking leaders, led over 3f out, driven clear entering final furlong, easily, won at Newbury 1m 5f hcp (3) sft in Aug beating Faithful Mount (9-4) by 4l, 12 ran.
Keep In Line (GER) 5-2fav (8-13) Soon settled 3rd, held in pocket on inside from 2f out until switched left entering final furlong, went 3rd and stayed on inside final furlong, not recover, 3rd of 5, 1 1/4l behind Richard of Yorke (8-10) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (3) gs in Sep.
Priors Brook 11-10fav (9-5) Led briefly, tracked leaders, 2nd over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, kept on well, won at Chepstow 1m 2f hcp (5) gf in Jun beating Evervescent (9-4) by 1 1/4l, 7 ran.
Oceane (FR) 8-1 (8-13) Held up last, pushed along and outpaced over 3f out, no struggling and no chance after, 7th of 8, 20 1/4l behind Dartmouth (8-8) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in Jul.
Perrault (IRE) 11-4fav (9-6) Held up in 5th on inside, hung right and outpaced over 3f out, hanging right but rallied and stayed on inside final furlong, not quite going pace to challenge, 3rd of 7, 2 1/2l behind Muqtaser (9-7) at Sandown 1m 2f hcp (3) gd in Aug.
Sweet Dream 12-1 (8-4) Keen close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, last of 7, 8 1/4l behind Jordan Princess (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 4f lst fll stks (1) gf in Jul.
Prescience (IRE) 9-2fav (9-9) Mid-division, headway over 1f out, never on terms, 5th of 12, 5 3/4l behind Biotic (9-9) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (4) pol in Sep.
Plutocracy (IRE) 6-1 (9-11) Tracked leaders, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong, not quicken close home, 3rd of 8, 1/2l behind Majeed (9-10) at Kempton 1m 3f hcp (3) pol in Sep.
Aussie Andre 12-1 (9-3) Tracked leading trio, good headway on outside over 2f out, went 2nd over 1f out, driven and stayed on same pace inside final furlong, 2nd of 5, 3/4l behind Richard of Yorke (8-10) at Ascot 1m 4f hcp (3) gs in Sep.
Steppe Daughter (IRE) 14-1 (8-9) Towards rear, ridden over 2f out, headway and switched left over 1f out, stayed on inside final furlong, 5th of 9, 1 1/4l behind Sharp Sailor (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 2f hcp (2) gf in Aug.
