raced wide early, led, ridden and strongly pressed 2f out, narrowly headed over 1f out, rallied gamely to lead again close home, headed on line
held up in rear, steady headway on inside chasing leaders over 2f out, led over 1f out, headed and no extra close home
tracked leaders and keen, pushed along 4f out, outpaced over 2f out, plugged on into modest 4th towards finish
held up in last pair on inside, headway chasing leaders over 2f out, weakened inside final 2f, lost modest 4th close home
held up in 5th, pushed along 3f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out
tracked leader until over 1f out, pressed leaders inside final furlong, rallied gamely to lead on line
took keen hold, held up in rear, pulled way up on outside to chase leaders 7f out, pushed along over 3f out, ridden and weakened 2f out
David Simcock has won the last three of these, the latest with Desert Encounter, who had been finding the ground too fast before landing a Listed contest on good going at Windsor. MIRAGE DANCER has a Group 3 penalty for his victory at Goodwood where he was very impressive. There looks more to come from the son of Frankel and he's in the Champion Stakes. He had Euginio 3l behind at Goodwood in May and Richard Hannon's charge doesn't look up to this despite scoring at Doncaster but Chester Vase winner Young Rascal returns to action after finishing mid-division in the Derby. Desert Skyline is a stayer who has seen the back of Stradivarius in his last four starts.
Mirage Dancer 6-5fav (9-1) Tracked leading pair, challenged on outside 3f out, led over 2f out and committed for home, ridden clear inside final furlong, stayed on strongly, won at Goodwood 1m 4f Grp 3 stks (1) gf in Aug beating Red Verdon (9-1) by 3 1/2l, 7 ran.
Desert Encounter (IRE) 11-2 (9-5) Held up in rear, headway over 2f out, ridden to lead entering final furlong, ran on well, won at Windsor 1m 3f lst stks (1) gd in Aug beating Game Starter (9-5) by 1 3/4l, 5 ran.
Desert Skyline (IRE) 14-1 (9-3) Held up towards rear, headway under pressure over 3f out, ridden 2f out, stayed on into modest 4th final furlong, no chance with leaders, 4th of 9, 8 1/2l behind Stradivarius (9-6) at York 2m Grp 2 stks (1) gf in Aug.
Euginio (IRE) 11-8 (9-2) Tracked leaders, led 2f out, ridden and ran on, won at Doncaster 1m 2f stks (2) gs in Sep beating Emirates Flyer (9-2) by 1 1/2l, 4 ran.
Wingingit (IRE) 9-1 (10-0) Wore hood in prelims, held up in last pair, headway on outside 2f out, soon edged left, went 2nd towards finish, not reach winner, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Spirit Of Appin (9-1) at Ffos Las 1m 2f hcp fll (3) gs in Aug.
Young Rascal (FR) 17-2 (9-0) Dwelt, held up towards rear, never involved, 7th of 12, 16 1/2l behind Masar (9-0) at Epsom 1m 4f Grp 1 (1) gd in Jun.
Extra Elusive 7-4jfav (9-6) Led 1f, soon chasing leaders, driven to lead over 1f out, quickened clear, impressive, won at Kempton 1m 4f hcp (3) pol in Aug beating Pippin (8-9) by 2l, 6 ran.
