led, ridden and headed 3f out, weakened
tracked leaders, short of room and lost place on bend 5f out, effort and swtiched right over 2f out, soon held
steadied start, held up, good headway approaching 2f out, led over 1f out, ridden clear
held up towards rear, effort when headway over 2f out, one pace final furlong
tracked leader, ridden 4f out, weakened 2f out
in touch until ridden and weakened over 2f out
tracked leaders, led 3f out, ridden when headed 1f out, one pace
held up in touch, effort to chase leaders over 2f out, soon one pace
held up towards rear, ridden and some headway 3f out, weakening when hung right over 2f out
A good renewal of the St Simon Stakes and it would be good to see High Accolade end his season with another win. An excellent second in a very good St Leger last time, the colt can be a bit in-and-out but, if in, then has to go well. He comes out best on official ratings ahead of Imperial Dancer, Dubai Success, Compton Bolter, The Whistling Teal and Hilbre Island. The last-named is improving at the right time and gets six pounds from the selection (although he finished well behind him at Goodwood earlier in the year). Place Rouge won the Lancashire Oaks earlier in the campaign but others might have too much toe for her today. while Scott's View's Listed second in Ireland last time reads well but she id often the bridesmaid in these races. The Whistling Teal is a course and distance winner but needs to put a bad run last time well behind him to feature. It might be left to Barry Hill's Dubai Success, a really good-looking son of Sadler's Wells, to give the selection most to do, but we'll stick with High Accolade.
