held up in rear, ridden and headway over 2f out, chased winner final furlong, stayed on close home
in touch, ridden over 7f out, weakened quickly final 3f
held up, ridden 4f out, effort over 3f out, soon one pace
held up in rear, headway over 3f out, ridden well over 1f out, soon weakened
made all, ridden and ran on gamely
held up, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on one pace
held up, headway 5f out, ridden and weakened over 2f out, soon eased
tracked winner to approaching final furlong, weakened inside final furlong
A tremendous Champions Day meeting in prospect and punters can get off the mark in the opener with Boreas who earns a confident TEAMtalk vote. Luca Cumani's charge has shown improved from for the step up to this trip and beyond following recent Group 3 wins at York and Doncaster. The seven-year-old comfortably repelled the gallant Persian Punch at the latter venue whilst Cover Up finished behind on both occasions and should be able to confirm superiority under a 3lb penalty. Persian Punch is one of the most popular stayers in training and the veteran front runner's tough-as-teak battling qualities will make him no pushover once again but the selection's turn of foot should prove decisive. Pole Star is a lightly raced sort who promises to stay this trip after finishing strongly in the Ebor but this represents a big rise in class so Spanish John, who notched a Listed contest over 1m7f on the July course, may prove a bigger danger.
