led, pushed along 3f out, headed over 2f out, weakened tamely, lost modest 3rd close home
raced keenly in 3rd, stumbled after 1f, went 2nd halfway, led over 2f out, ridden over 1f out, pressed inside final furlong, stayed on to assert towards finish
tracked leader until halfway, handy 3rd, went 2nd again 2f out, ridden and every chance inside final furlong, found no extra towards finish
slowly into stride and pushed along briefly, held up last, pushed along over 3f out, went modest 3rd close home
Annandale was keeping on over this trip at Chester and won on fast ground at Nottingham in the spring but the yard also run ROSEABAD, who has been crying out for a step up in distance and may be better treated. Recent course and distance runner-up Classic Lord can’t be ignored but first-time blinkers would need to improve Lady Pacifico.
Roseabad (IRE) 7-1 (8-8) Chased leader, ridden to lead 3f out, headed 1f out, ran on, 2nd of 6, 1/2l behind Dark Jedi (9-10) at Ripon 1m 4f hcp (2) gd in Jul.
Classic Lord (GER) 6-4fav (9-3) Tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, slightly hampered inside final furlong, stayed on into 2nd final 100 yards, never going pace to challenge, 2nd of 8, 1 1/4l behind Vino Victrix (8-8) at Sandown 1m 6f hcp (4) gd in Jul.
Annandale (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Dwelt, switched left soon after start, held up in 5th, nudged along and still going nicely in rear 2f out, switched right and headway well over 1f out, ran on well to take 3rd inside final furlong but no threat, 3rd of 5, 3 1/4l behind Oman (9-4) at Chester 1m 6f hcp (3) gs in Jul.
Lady Pacifico 10-1 (9-2) Held up in 4th, pushed along over 4f out, headway from under 3f out, took 3rd under 2f out, ran on into 2nd well inside final furlong, no threat to winner, 2nd of 5, 3 1/4l behind True Courage (9-6) at Yarmouth 1m 6f hcp (5) gf in Jul.