slowly away, in rear, ridden over 4f out, weakened over 3f out
held up, headway 3f out, chased leader 2f out, ridden and kept on one pace
tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
close up, pushed along and weakened over 2f out
towards rear, pushed along and headway entering final 2f, ran on to lead close home
led, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and headed close home
tracked leader, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace
in touch, pushed along and weakened 2f out
raced wide close up, ridden over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
All of these step up in trip but AL NAFIR finished in front of Laatansa when runner-up over a mile here on his debut and makes more appeal than stable companion New London and a third Godolphin runner in Delphinus. The latter and March Moon represent last year’s winning yard while Luis Fernando showed some promise at Lingfield on his introduction and Soul Stopper posted a better effort when third at Goodwood. Wholeofthemoon finished fourth at the latter track and is another to keep an eye on.
Anger Management 150-1 (9-0) In touch, outpaced halfway, tailed off, last of 10, 32 3/4l behind Subastar (9-0) at Newmarket 1m mdn stks (4) gd in Sep.
Laatansa (FR) 50-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden over 1f out, kept on one pace, 3rd of 14, 1 3/4l behind Cash (9-5) at Newmarket 1m mdn stks (4) gd in Oct.
Luis Fernando (IRE) 4-1 (9-5) Raced wide until switched left to track leader 5f out, pushed along to lead approaching final furlong, headed inside final furlong, kept on, 2nd of 6, 4 3/4l behind Nations Pride (9-5) at Lingfield 1m stks (5) pol in Oct.
March Moon (IRE) Frankel colt out of Snow Moon.
New London (IRE) Dubawi colt out of Bright Beacon.
Soul Stopper 16-1 (9-5) Chased leaders, not much room over 3f out, 3rd and held inside final furlong, kept on, 3rd of 7, 2 1/4l behind Luminous Light (9-5) at Goodwood 1m stks (4) gd in Aug.
Wholeofthemoon (IRE) 16-1 (9-5) Mid-division, ridden well over 2f out, kept on final furlong, 4th of 7, 4 1/2l behind Berkshire Rebel (9-5) at Goodwood 1m mdn stks (4) gf in Aug.
Delphinus (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Tracked leaders, ridden and unable to quicken over 1f out, kept on one pace, 4th of 8, 2 3/4l behind Mellow Yellow (9-0) at Newmarket 1m fll stks (4) gd in Sep.
Queens Ballet 12-1 (9-0) Keen in touch, pushed along over 2f out, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 6 1/4l behind Mellow Yellow (9-0) at Newmarket 1m fll stks (4) gd in Sep.
Al Nafir (IRE) 11-8fav (9-5) In touch, headway halfway, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed inside final furlong, stayed on, 2nd of 14, 1 1/2l behind Cash (9-5) at Newmarket 1m mdn stks (4) gd in Oct.