held up towards rear, ridden on outside over 2f out, no impression, well beaten over 1f out
tracked leaders, went 2nd over 2f out, ridden and no impression on winner from over 1f out, kept on
prominent, led over 5f out, clear 1f out, eased near finish
last to break, held up, headway over 2f out, weakened final 100 yards
held up in 4th, ridden and effort over 2f out, edged left over 1f out, kept on, no impression on winner
led, headed over 5f out, chased winner until over 2f out, soon lost place
BRETON ROCK is not the force of old having last won in 2017 but looks most likely to run his race in a tricky contest. David Simcock’s charge ran well for third in a Group 2 at Doncaster recently and has won in heavy going in the past. First Contact struggled after winning a Listed race in France last year and has his first outing since May while Main Edition has been rested having landed the German 1000 Guineas earlier in the year. Mitchum Swagger is another returning from a lay-off though beat Muntadab in soft ground at Newmarket at the end of last season while Sir Thomas Gresham has plenty to find on these terms and Makzeem was also engaged at Ascot today.
Breton Rock (IRE) 33-1 (9-4) Close up in rear centre, came towards stand side 2f out, ridden and stayed on to go 3rd inside final furlong, 3rd of 5, 2l behind Sir Dancealot (9-7) at Doncaster 7f Grp 2 stks (1) gf in Sep.
First Contact (IRE) 10-1 (9-3) Led, ridden over 2f out, headed entering final 2f, weakened final furlong, 6th of 8, 12 1/4l behind Zaaki (9-0) at Ascot 1m lst stks (1) gf in May.
Main Edition (IRE) 10-1 (9-0) Prominent, every chance well over 1f out, no extra final furlong, 7th of 8, 6 3/4l behind Duneflower (8-9) at Ascot 1m lst fll stks (1) gf in Jul.
Makzeem 9-1 (9-7) Held up in rear far side, some headway in centre of groups over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f, 22nd of 23, dist behind Raising Sand (9-7) at Ascot 7f hcp stks (2) gs in Jul.
Mitchum Swagger 20-1 (9-7) Raced far side, held up in mid-division, no impression when slightly hampered and switched right over 1f out, 17th of 28, 7 1/4l behind Afaak (9-3) at Ascot 1m hcp (2) sft in Jun.
Muntadab (IRE) 16-1 (10-5) Slowly into stride, behind, niggled along over 3f out, short-lived effort on outside over 2f out, last of 9, 14 3/4l behind Diamond Dougal (8-10) at Ripon 6f hcp (2) gs in Sep.
Sir Thomas Gresham (IRE) 20-1 (9-2) In touch, headway over 1f out, ridden to press winner inside final furlong, ran on, 2nd of 8, 3/4l behind Tabarrak (9-2) at Newbury 7f lst stks (1) gd in Sep.
