held up in rear, headway approaching final furlong, challenged entering final furlong, ridden and ran on to lead towards finish
tracked leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
pushed along to lead after 1f, set strong pace, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, weakened tamely final furlong
close up, ridden over 2f out, not trouble leaders
in touch, outpaced entering final 2f, driven and ran on inside final furlong
led 1f, tracked leader, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed entering final furlong, kept on one pace
tracked leaders, ridden to lead entering final furlong, soon joined, headed towards finish, ran on
TIME TEST can be forgiven his run in the Breeders' Cup Mile as he was drawn wide and saw too much daylight. Roger Charlton's classy four-year-old made a winning reappearance last year and was one of the most impressive winners at Royal Ascot last summer over this trip. Last year's winner Western Hymn has questions to answer after back-to-back defeats as he gives the impression he's saving a bit for himself but Intilaaq probably just needed the run when a beaten favourite in the Dubai Turf and should win a nice prize this year. Scottish and Not So Sleepy may struggle to figure on their return to action, however, and Fire Fighting and Niceofyoutotellme look a bit out of their depth.
Time Test 8-1 (8-11) Bumped 5/8, wide, 10th of 12, 8 1/4l behind Tepin (8-11) at Keeneland 1m gd in Oct.
Fire Fighting (IRE) 10-1 (9-10) Slowly into stride, towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 5 1/2l behind Barsanti (8-12) at York 1m 4f hcp (2) gf in May.
Intilaaq (USA) 11-4 (9-0) Never better than mid-division, 8th of 0, 3 1/2l behind Real Steel (9-0) at Meydan 1m 1f Grp 1 (1) gf in Mar.
Niceofyoutotellme 12-1 (9-9) Held up, headway 2f out, weakened final furlong, 10th of 14, 4 3/4l behind Knight Owl (8-8) at Newmarket 1m 1f hcp stks (2) gs in Apr.
Not So Sleepy 18-1 (8-11) 10th of 12, 6 3/4l behind My Dream Boat (8-12) at Saint-Cloud 1m Grp 3 stks hvy in Nov.
Scottish (IRE) 9-2 (8-8) With leader, led after 2f, made rest, pressed inside final furlong, held on towards finish, won at Ayr 1m 2f lst (1) gd in Sep beating Mutakayyef (9-0) by nk, 7 ran.
Western Hymn 6-4fav (9-0) Held up behind, driven and headway between rivals over 1f out, ridden to take narrow 2nd inside final furlong, kept on, no impression with winner, 2nd of 7, 1l behind Cannock Chase (9-7) at Chester 1m 2f Grp 3 stks (1) gd in May.
