tracked leaders on outside, 3rd and well held final furlong
tracked winner, hung left inside final 2f, 4th and one pace inside final furlong
difficult loading, last pair, never involved
restless in stalls, slowly into stride, always in rear
made all, ridden and pressed briefly over 1f out, stayed on well to assert inside final furlong
last pair, never on terms
difficult loading, held up in 6th, headway on outside chasing leaders over 2f out, 5th and no impression inside final furlong
held up in 5th on inside, pushed along and unable to quicken over 2f out, weakened over 1f out
Midi only had one run last term when nearer last than first in a Newmarket maiden but this beautifully-bred colt by Frankel out of Midday is surely better than that. He must have had issues to be returning to action this late in the year but is one to note with the future in mind whatever happens here. Anchises has shaped well on both starts and has a leading claim despite being turned over at odds-on last time at Ffos Las but PETRASTAR (NAP) is the preference. The Cox gelding was denied by the minimum margin on debut here last month by the strongly-punted Klassique but had the rest nicely accounted for. That represented an excellent first start and a similar effort would make him hard to beat. The market should help with regard to the newcomers on show.
Rose Crown 50-1 (9-5) Behind most of way, 8th of 13, 12 1/2l behind Maybe Today (8-11) at Windsor 1m 2f fll stks (5) gf in Aug.
Anchises 1-2fav (9-5) Pushed along leaving stalls, tracked leaders, ridden over 2f out, went 2nd just over 1f out, no impression on winner inside final furlong, 2nd of 9, 2 3/4l behind Hellovaqueen (9-0) at Ffos Las 7f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Follow Intello (IRE) Intello gelding out of Sauvage.
Kolo Tamam 7-4 (9-2) Raced wide tracked leaders, disputed 2nd 7f out, weakened over 2f out, tailed off, last of 3, dist behind Fairlight (9-2) at Newmarket 1m 4f stks (3) sft in Jul.
Midi 8-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, ridden along in rear, no impression, 13th of 16, 16l behind Ghaiyyath (9-0) at Newmarket 1m mdn stks (4) gs in Sep.
Petrastar 16-1 (9-5) Slowly into stride, soon in mid-division, headway near side chasing leaders over 2f out, soon driven, hung left and went 2nd 100 yards out, strong challenge last strides, just failed, 2nd of 11, shd behind Klassique (9-0) at Windsor 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gf in Jul.
Simbirsk 66-1 (9-5) Towards rear, effort over 2f out, never dangerous, 12th of 16, 24 1/4l behind Al Muffrih (9-5) at Newbury 1m 2f mdn stks (4) gf in May.
Athary (IRE) Shamardal filly out of Tarfah.
Loved So Much Dansili filly out of Wannabe Loved.