raced keenly early, tracked leaders, ridden well over 1f out, kept on well, always held
held up in last, ridden over 1f out, no impression
led at modest pace, ridden and quickened tempo well over 1f out, ran on strongly, always doing enough
tracked leader, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace
A small-but-select field with Space Cowboy is the only one to have faced an artificial surface so far. He needs to improve considerably on his Wolverhampton success, however, and Eldrickjones hasn't really progressed after such a promising start to the campaign. Taj Alriyadh failed to handle the move into Listed company last time but Sam Maximus has performed with credit on all five starts and was far from disgraced at the Curragh and Deauville in Group company. CANONIZED has thrived on her busy schedule, however, and is just preferred on the back of her impressive York Listed win.
Eldrickjones (IRE) 11-10fav (9-9) In touch, pushed along halfway, ridden and headway approaching final furlong, stayed on to go 2nd close home, nearest finish, 2nd of 8, 1/2l behind Parisiac (9-2) at Nottingham 6f stks (5) sft in Oct.
Sam Maximus 10-3 (9-5) Prominent and disputed towards outer, close 3rd halfway, ridden 2f out, no extra in 5th 1f out, kept on one pace, 5th of 12, 7 1/4l behind Sacred Bridge (9-2) at Curragh 6f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in Aug.
Space Cowboy (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Made all, going well over 2f out, shaken up and extended advantage over 1f out, reduced lead inside final furlong but in full control, won at Wolverhampton 6f mdn stks (5) pol in Sep beating Rainbow Colours (9-0) by 2 1/2l, 8 ran.
Canonized 7-2 (8-10) Bumped start, chased leaders, not clear run over 2f out, soon switched left, led over 1f out, wandered about a fraction inside final furlong, driven out, won at York 6f lst stks (1) gs in Oct beating Witch Hunter (9-1) by 3/4l, 12 ran.
Taj Alriyadh (IRE) 9-2 (9-3) Mid-division, pushed along 2f out, one paced thereafter, 7th of 11, 7 1/4l behind Flotus (8-12) at Ripon 6f lst stks (1) gd in Aug.
